Autumn is on its way, accompanied by a chill wind. I can put up with the cold, especially if there's a bit of sunshine and it stays dry and this morning I headed out to the local duck pond.
It was unusually quiet. No gulls or smaller birds, and no sign of the heron that is sometimes there. The ducks were congregated at the north end of the pond which gave me a choice of distance shots with the sun behind me, or moving in closer and shooting into the sun. This first shot is with the sun behind me. Something had startled the ducks and I caught the tail end of their brief flight.
Landing in formation
I then moved around to get closer. The sun was streaming straight towards me. I decided to work with the conditions, setting the exposure against the water rather than the ducks and going for some deep contrasts.
Into the sun
Back in the garden tonight, Cheeky made an appearance. She was in one of her highly cooperative moods. Here are a couple of shots. I was playing around with the lighting, with the flash set off the camera.
Camera note: all duck shots taken with the EF 400mm f/5.6L USM lens. The fox was photographed with the EF 24-105 F4L IS USM lens and Canon 430EX flash unit. The flash was hand-held off camera (connected by a cord)
gdare
16 Sep 2010Your garden is her dominion now 😀
Dudley
16 Sep 2010The off camera flash look good :up:
Flying Red Fox Blog
16 Sep 2010Cheeky looks so beautiful dosent she! :yes: It does indeed feel colder now, i want Summer back lol!
Words
16 Sep 2010Andy, still playing around with off-camera flash. It would be nice to set up several wireless units (not in the budget at the moment), but even a small lateral positioning helps.
Words
16 Sep 2010Thanks Erwin!
Words
16 Sep 2010Darko, it seems to be. She's taken over from Bold. It will be interesting to see what happens over the winter.
Words
16 Sep 2010Mark, Cheeky definitely rules the roost here.
SittingFox
17 Sep 2010Like the contrasty duck pics :up:
Words
17 Sep 2010Adele, it made a change to go with the odd lighting, rather than fighting it.
Wulpen
19 Oct 2012Beautiful set of Pict