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Re: The elusive wood duck

Post by BrokenolMarine » Mon Mar 13, 2023 10:54 pm

Fantastic Pictures, the colors are so vibrant.

I used to love our favorite pond in VA covered in that duckweed. The bass would get ANGRY when we pulled Ribbet Frogs across the topwater and explode violently out of the water onto them. Big Flies with the fly rod like pond mice or hoppers would have the same effect. I miss it.
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Re: The elusive wood duck

Post by clovishound » Tue Mar 14, 2023 8:33 am

They are trying to get rid of the alligator weed at the Audubon Swamp. Apparently, it discourages a lot of waterfowl. They recently dredged the smaller, shallower portions of the swamp (it's an old rice field). This cleared the alligator weed that was choking the water's surface with a thick mat. This is supposed to encourage more waterfowl to use the swamp. The large pond where these pics were taken is still pretty choked up with duckweed, but this, apparently, isn't the issue that alligator weed is. That stuff is thick enough that plants will start to take root and grow on the mat of alligator weed and leaf detritus that accumulates on the surface of the water.
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Re: The elusive wood duck

Post by clovishound » Thu Mar 16, 2023 2:07 pm

Well, not a wood duck, but this teal let me get closer than the wood ducks.
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It was a beautiful day at the Swamp. Cold and a thick mist over the water. The picture does not convey the sense of wispy softness. It was worth getting up early and driving over half an hour just to see it.
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And yes there were wood ducks.
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Re: The elusive wood duck

Post by CT_Shooter » Thu Mar 16, 2023 3:19 pm

Excellent photography, CH. It deserves copyright protection. Thanks for sharing it with us.
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Re: The elusive wood duck

Post by clovishound » Thu Mar 16, 2023 5:01 pm

Well, I don't worry too much about it when I post here, but I recently joined a FB group for photographers at the Audubon Swamp. When you post a picture on a FB page, FB can use it. FB claims it's just a convenience to how they post pages, but if you read the TOS it gives them the right to use your photo. I've not heard of any egregious behavior yet, but I decided to start watermarking anything I post on it. It's easier to just watermark all of the JPEGs I save, than to watermark some, and not others. Actually, all of my files have my name embedded as the copyright holder. Adding a watermark just puts a visible additional layer on it. I probably should switch to a more sophisticated watermark. FYI, you can load an add-on to your browser that will allow you to view the EXIF data of a posted photo. This will give info about the copyright holder, dates, camera and lens info, exposure data and so forth. I've even seen focus distance on some photos. It works great, except for photos posted on FB. It looks like they strip the data from the files, although to be fair, the copyright holder data is still there.

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Re: The elusive wood duck

Post by clovishound » Wed Mar 29, 2023 2:24 pm

Looks like there are more wood ducks in the pipeline.

And for the superstitious, there is one little quacker out of frame. :roll:

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Re: The elusive wood duck

Post by Hatchdog » Thu Mar 30, 2023 11:47 am

^^^^^^^^^^^
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Gotta love a family picture.
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Re: The elusive wood duck

Post by clovishound » Sun Jun 11, 2023 12:24 pm

Well, I put on ly new snake boots and headed back over to the swamp. There was a family of wood ducks that didn't seems as skittish as usual. Unfortunately, none were males in their breeding plumage. Also, there was too much foliage in the way, and I couldn't get a good clear shot.

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Got my first look at a whistling duck.

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Re: The elusive wood duck

Post by Hatchdog » Mon Jun 12, 2023 10:45 am

That first pic with the ducks peeking thru the brush works very well. I think even tho it’s not a clear shot of the ducks themselves it is a wonderful picture. I like it!
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Re: The elusive wood duck

Post by clovishound » Mon Jun 12, 2023 11:22 am

I got several nice, close up, clear shot of one of the ducks. Unfortunately, they were all with the duck facing away from me. I was hoping she would turn around, but no such luck. At least the whistling duck, and an ibis were very cooperative.

Here's another from the same series.

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