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Going the wrong way - 01-16-2012, 06:45 PM

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This is what ducks think of me when I try for a BIF.

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01-16-2012, 07:29 PM


ok, I'm a little slow, had no idea what a BIF was.

******BIF Burundi Franc (currency of Burundi)
******BIF Bank Insurance Fund
*****BIF Banded Iron Formation (geology)
**** BIF Bisexual Female interesting, but not quite right
**** BIF Bird in Flight (photography slang) DING DING DING, we have a winner!!!

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01-17-2012, 11:59 AM


Yep, that's kinda of their standard pose when I try shooting them too. Nice detail though!

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01-17-2012, 01:12 PM


Great detail and color, and I love the water droplets, even if he was being a snob.

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01-17-2012, 01:58 PM


Ducks and hawks give me grief. The hawks see me coming from half a mile, and the ducks, well the picture says it. LOL

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01-17-2012, 04:44 PM


You actually got him good. Most of mine are out of focus.
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01-17-2012, 07:08 PM


I see that same rear view quite a bit of the time. I'm trying to change to more
sitting and less walking. Probably will be doing a lot of waiting.
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01-18-2012, 01:09 PM


Wrong way or not, that is a good capture John!
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Wrong way or not, that is a good capture John!
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01-18-2012, 04:37 PM


Well at least you weren't underneath him!!!
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01-18-2012, 04:52 PM


We just call it BB. Bird B**t. I would have a million of them if I did not hit delete. They are by far my most captured images of wildlife. I feel your pain.
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01-18-2012, 10:52 PM


Good shot!!

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