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16-MAR-2005

oldsquaw.jpg

Long Tailed Duck, formerly known as Oldsquaw.
This shot was hand-held in shadow at dusk, at 300 mm! I cropped and lightened the image with Photoshop Elements. There is a little "noise" in the water, but I have to say, I am pretty happy with this lens.

Nikon D70 ,Tamron AF28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 Macro
1/250s f/6.3 at 300.0mm full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Chris Hubbell 28-Mar-2005 00:14
Nice clean portrait. I think you could improve some of these shots by shooting from a lower point of view to emphasize the birds' shape more. This one is particulalry interesting to me; The wake adds interest. Too bad about the noise - it is otherwise a great capture, and a species I haven't seen too often.