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[ahab1372]

I haven't been out much lately. After the heavy rains last week, I went to a creel nearby to see how the water levels had risen, and if any birds were around.
Water had risen and was very muddy, and light was still very grey, and some birds were around:

Mallard variation

101 _MG_7553 by ahab1372, on Flickr


101 _MG_7552 by ahab1372, on Flickr


and here, just for fun, I closed the aperture to f/16 and 1/20s to test the IS on the 70-300L. Some sharpening on the bird. Fortunately, the bird moved very quickly or not at all

101 _MG_7568 by ahab1372, on Flickr