Bufflehead

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Bufflehead
This past Sunday afternoon I was at St. Marks NWR on my way home from Alabama, and I saw 3 female Bufflehead swimming in the water near my car.  There were no adult males, so I almost just drove on.  But that of course is sexist, right?  Why should the males get all the attention?  So I stayed and photographed them for a few minutes, and these three put on a pretty good show for me.  In fact, they were the photographic highlight of my visit to St. Marks.

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These images were shot with a 400mm lens at ISO 250 and at f/5.6 with a shutter speed of 1/1000sec.   I was in Aperture Priority mode with +1/3 stop exposure compensation.  I crouched down as low to the ground as I could without ending up with my lens in the grasses.

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  1. Lovely ladies! Stunning images!

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  2. Nice photos of these females Scott - you caught some interesting poses and the light and exposure looks good. I agree with you - females of many species often get short shrift by photographers.

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