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My Day on the River
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King of Spring  Joined: Thu Dec 16, 2004 10:09 pm Posts: 2070 Location: Buena Vista, Va. 
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 My Day on the River          _________________ If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month. Theodore Roosevelt |
| Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:15 pm |
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Boss Gobbler  Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 12:50 pm Posts: 3137 Location: Goodview, VA
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Re: My Day on the River Incredible as usual Todd! I've got a lot of work to do to get to that level.
What lens do you use for the close up shots? My 300 just won't get me close enough to the ducks on "my" river... they are just too spooky. As close as you can get is 25-30 yards before they swim further away of fly off 100 yards. Get some good flying shots that way but hard to get them to sit still for me!  I would buy your breakfast if you let me tag along one morning and give me some tips! _________________ "You have to pay for every bird you kill and the coin you use to pay for them is time." - Tom Kelly |
| Sat Jan 15, 2011 11:13 pm |
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King of Spring Joined: Thu Dec 16, 2004 10:09 pm Posts: 2070 Location: Buena Vista, Va.
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Re: My Day on the River Freddy, all I have is the 300mm also. I did crop most of mine to bring them in closer. My ducks are not as spooky I am sure. Most of mine come from the maury where it runs through Glen Maury Park. They are used to seeing people. I also take pics on the maury between BV and Glasgow. There I wear camo and get in the weeds on the bank. Most of the time they never see me. This morning I had 2 duck hunters about 200 yards up river of me. They kept them flying this morning. I have been trying to get some good pics of a bald eagle. I never seen him this morning, just ducks and geese. I did see a flock of turkeys mid morning when I went back to my truck, they were in a field across the road. By the time I got my camera ready they were gone...lol
I would love to get a 400mm or 500 mm prime lens, but they are super costly. _________________ If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month. Theodore Roosevelt |
| Sat Jan 15, 2011 11:25 pm |
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King of Spring
Joined: Thu Dec 09, 2004 2:25 pm Posts: 2092
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Re: My Day on the River Great pictures Todd!! Its a bald eagle that has a nest in a big pine tree over on the Trimble land!
Doug |
| Sun Jan 16, 2011 10:18 am |
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King of Spring  Joined: Sat Dec 04, 2004 9:27 am Posts: 1907 Location: Roanoke, VA
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Re: My Day on the River Todd...if it is possible, I think that batch of pics is by far the BEST you've ever posted and quite possibly the BEST I've every seen. The wood duck...OHG..
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| Sun Jan 16, 2011 7:40 pm |
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King of Spring Joined: Thu Dec 16, 2004 10:09 pm Posts: 2070 Location: Buena Vista, Va.
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Re: My Day on the River Thanks Dale, glad you enjoyed them. I would love to get some better pics of the Mink. I like to take pics of things that you just dont see often. I would like to get a little closer and have better light. I thought maybe if I see him every week he may let me get a little closer each time. Its either that or ask the wife for a bigger zoom. My chances are going to be better trying to tame the Mink...lol
_________________ If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month. Theodore Roosevelt |
| Sun Jan 16, 2011 10:33 pm |
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King of Spring
Joined: Mon Apr 09, 2007 4:09 pm Posts: 1305 Location: Seacoast NH
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Re: My Day on the River Dale wrote: The wood duck...OHG.. I second that. _________________ Keeper of the Mountain Province Division Tenth Legion Your eye in the Northeast sky Coalman's Online Blog http://coalmansblog.com |
| Mon Jan 17, 2011 8:25 am |
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Boss Gobbler
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 10:59 pm Posts: 2851 Location: Roanoke
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Re: My Day on the River Fantastic pictures Todd! PLEASE make the Econo waterfowl calendar!
 _________________ "What gets us jangly is the suddenness of everything. We hunt turkeys because we want to hear them gobble, watch them strut and all that, and we hunt them with shotguns because we want to be close to them when those things occur." - Jim Spencer |
| Mon Jan 17, 2011 9:18 am |
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King of Spring  Joined: Fri Mar 25, 2005 2:15 am Posts: 2632 Location: Campbell Co., VA
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Re: My Day on the River Just incredible, Todd!
_________________ "I'd rather look bad doing something hard than look good doing something easy." -- Tom Kelly |
| Mon Jan 17, 2011 4:02 pm |
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King of Spring  Joined: Fri Mar 03, 2006 4:44 pm Posts: 2711 Location: Bedford, VA
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Re: My Day on the River Dale wrote: Todd...if it is possible, I think that batch of pics is by far the BEST you've ever posted and quite possibly the BEST I've every seen. The wood duck...OHG.. I agree Todd, AWESOME! _________________ "Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do." - John Wooden |
| Mon Jan 17, 2011 5:16 pm |
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King of Spring  Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 1:33 pm Posts: 3025 Location: Powhatan, VA
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Re: My Day on the River Incredible man.. thanks for sharing.
_________________ RB Take me Home Country Roads. |
| Tue Jan 18, 2011 12:12 pm |
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King of Spring  Joined: Fri Mar 24, 2006 10:23 am Posts: 891 Location: Luray, VA
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Re: My Day on the River Awesome pics Todd!
_________________ Lovin the Hokies!!! Ryan |
| Tue Jan 18, 2011 5:17 pm |
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