Thursday, 26 January 2012

Pretty Pintails

Northern Pintail
Hyoko, Niigata, Japan.
December 30, 2011
Nikon D300 Nikkor af-s 300mmf4
Northern Pintails have been increasing at Hyoko since I started visiting. They are wild but know they are safe behind a fenced habitat. You can stand on one side of the fence and they carry on with their business just centimetres away. Actually I got stacks of shots of them over a few visits but may as well go mad.. They are beautiful.










January 22, 1012
with 1.4 teleconverter 



14 comments:

Pasión por las aves said...

Hola Russell bonitas fotografias del Anade rabudo tal commo lo llamamos aqui en España.Un saludo

Choy Wai Mun said...

Stunning images. This species is very rare to Malaysia.

Stuart Price said...

Great Pintail shots, up here they are just shy ducks that fly off as soon as you even look at them........

Tammy said...

Cool, they look just like the ones we have here. They are beautiful birds. I love the bokeh in that first shot.

Noushka said...

Wonderful pictures!
the last one is absolutely fabulous!
These ducks hibernate but don't nest in France and I haven't seen them yet!
Still another challenge ahead!
Thanks for this!
Cheers, Russell!

Marc Heath said...

Great shots Russell and that header photo is out of this world.

Fraser Simpson said...

Noushka is right, the last one is great as each male has a different wing position.

Phil Slade said...

I think some birders neglect looking at ducks. Your pictures show how beautiful Pintail is, especially the last in flight shot. Super shots Russell, wish I could get so close to wild Pintail

Millhouse Photography said...

Stunning photographs - all of them. I especially enjoyed the last one.

Ayuwat Jearwattanakanok said...

That explains why we don't have so many pintails here in the south. Love all of the flight shots, especially the landing series! You've managed to capture them really well in flight.

Tammy said...

Stunning photos! All amazing!

- Yvonaut -
Das sind Raphael und Yvonne
said...

Wow, great shots Russel! This is a wonderful series!
Many greetings and have a nice rest of the week!
Yvonne & Raphael

Friend of HK said...

Great shots of beautiful birds!

SKIZO said...

Great.Pictures