{"id":21941,"date":"2014-11-04T00:49:15","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T23:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/?p=21941"},"modified":"2014-11-04T00:49:15","modified_gmt":"2014-11-03T23:49:15","slug":"fine-weather-for-ducks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/fine-weather-for-ducks\/","title":{"rendered":"Fine Weather for Ducks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today proved to be perfect weather for ducks, and pretty good weather for testing out the 7D Mark II in some fairly challenging conditions. I’m still tweaking settings as I go, but I’m getting it closer to how I want it to work and learning more about some of the incredibly useful controls you can use while still glued to the viewfinder.<\/p>\n

Anyway, it was raining cats and dogs this morning when I arrived at Falmer Pond. Not that the ducks were complaining. Given the conditions I would not have attempted these shots with the original 7D. It was truly gloomy out there, but a good test of the cameras ISO capability. After the first shot I increased ISO from 1600 to 3200 to retain a decent shutter speed.<\/p>\n

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Sleeping duck (ISO 1600)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Happy Duck (ISO 3200)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Serious Duck (ISO 3200)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was still raining at lunchtime, though there were breaks in the weather. The ducks were still enjoying themselves.<\/p>\n

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Hybrid Duck (ISO 3200)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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White Duck (ISO 3200)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A female mallard flew across the pond. These are from a longer sequence<\/p>\n

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Duck in flight (ISO 2000)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Duck in flight (ISO 2000)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And to close: Swimming in the Rain…<\/p>\n

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Swimming in the Rain (ISO 1600)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Still much to learn and to test out, but early impressions are of a highly responsive camera, with great and easily accessible controls, great focusing and excellent low light capability. <\/p>\n

Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D Mark II and EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today proved to be perfect weather for ducks, and pretty good weather for testing out the 7D Mark II in some fairly challenging conditions. I’m still tweaking settings as I go, but I’m getting it closer to how I want it to work and learning more about some of the incredibly useful controls you can […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[989,3],"tags":[1100,150],"class_list":["post-21941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-water-birds-birds-2","category-wildlife","tag-canon-eos-7d-mark-ii","tag-ducks","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t