Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Now, about the absence of birds except for the seagulls and ducks, and ducks and ducks. One photo can't begin to depict the number of ducks that are presently "camped out" on this portion of the Wild Bird Reserve, but this will give you an idea. Apparently the duck season is open now, because there were a dozen or so people launching air boats onto the Bay down on the south end, and I could hear an occasional shotgun going off when I was there. (Sorry Amy, some people shoot ducks!) You have to click on the photo to get the full effect.
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That's o.k. Uncle Richard - As much as I love birds and trying to save them, I also love eating them! HA! These are beautiful photos! I can't imagine how loud that lake must have been with all those ducks there! What a sight to see!
Strangely, they were completely silent!
Wow! That is amazing...are rare! Lucky you to be able to be there to witness that!
How do you get a close up shot of something so that it is clear and yet the background is blurry? I love that look but don't know how with a point and shoot camera. I am going to have to find my "how to" booklet and see if my camera can do that. Ialways love to see your photos.
It's a little complicated. The area of a photo that appears to be in focus is called the "depth of field" (DOF). 1. A telephoto lens has a shallower (smaller) DOF than a wide angle lens. 2. The larger the aperture that is set in the lens to adjust the amount of light reaching the sensor, the shallower the DOF. If the light is bright, the aperture becomes very small so that not too much light reaches the sensor. Conversely, if it is dark, the aperture opens very large to let in more light. Therefore, on bright, sunny days the DOF is usually quite large, and when it is dark the DOF is very small (or shallow, as we say). The aperture is set automatically in most point and shoot cameras and you have no control over it. But if you have a zoom lens on your camera, you can still effect the DOF to some extent by zooming out to the telephoto setting. Of course, sometimes that means you have to back away from your subject! Is this confusing? If you had a camera where you can adjust the aperture AND the shutter speed you have even more control, but that complicates the situation even more!
Wow! What a site. I think we could all safely eat duck for Thanksgiving without putting much of a dent in this population. Oh yeah! It's a refuge! (ha ha)
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