Showing posts with label telephoto. Show all posts
Showing posts with label telephoto. Show all posts

Sunday, February 28, 2010

The Beauty of Telephoto

I got a new camera bag yesterday (thanks, Mom and Dad!), and in celebration, decided to go down to a little pond not far from my house. I brought my own 18-55 mm kit lens, and my dad's 100-300 mm L telephoto.

There were some people feeding the ducks that live at that pond, and they said it was fine if I came close enough to get pictures. I think I got a lot of good ones. Ducks are pretty friendly, not exactly camera shy; especially when there's someone with bread in the vicinity.






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Aperture: f/6.3
Shutter Speed: 1/500
ISO: 400
Focal Length: 112 mm
Monopod



The white duck in the center was particularly fierce when it came to defending what he considered "his" bread. This photo looks like he's telling off that mallard for intruding on his space.