Yaking for Birds

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  • 03-21-2009, 07:49 PM
    Singletracklovr
    Yaking for Birds
    72 degrees in the Mile-High City. Yea!
    I loaded up the kayak and headed to the local lake in hopes of sneaking up on some birds or ducks.
    Heehee, who said ducks are color blind? They saw my bright red kayak coming a mile away…

    I shot theses with the 18-135mm, sporting a new Hoya HD CPL's

    http://gallery.photographyreview.com.../500/03Yak.JPG

    http://gallery.photographyreview.com.../500/04Yak.jpg

    http://gallery.photographyreview.com...00/05G_eye.JPG

    http://gallery.photographyreview.com...0/07Megans.JPG
  • 03-21-2009, 11:30 PM
    WesternGuy
    Re: Yaking for Birds
    Bob, I don't want to start a great discussion, but in my experience, ducks and most birds are more sensitive to motion than colour. I suspect this is the fact because I can drive my car up beside a pond and the ducks will float away, but if I sit there for a while, they will come back (I'm not moving). Would be interesting to find out.

    Second picture is great - really like it.

    Cheers,

    WesternGuy
  • 03-22-2009, 06:10 AM
    Singletracklovr
    Re: Yaking for Birds
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by WesternGuy
    Bob, I don't want to start a great discussion, but in my experience, ducks and most birds are more sensitive to motion than colour. I suspect this is the fact because I can drive my car up beside a pond and the ducks will float away, but if I sit there for a while, they will come back (I'm not moving). Would be interesting to find out.

    Second picture is great - really like it.

    Cheers,

    WesternGuy
    Thanks WesternGuy, I'll have to give that a try.
  • 03-22-2009, 09:40 AM
    scott-devon
    Re: Yaking for Birds
    Nice shots Bob. I've seriously considered buying a kayak for photography as I sold my canoe and my pontoon boat for flyfishing doesn't have a floor to keep my gear handy. How stable do you find your kayak?
  • 03-22-2009, 10:03 AM
    mn shutterbug
    Re: Yaking for Birds
    That's an effective way to sneak up on water birds. They don't expect danger to come from the water as likely as from land.
  • 03-22-2009, 01:23 PM
    Singletracklovr
    Re: Yaking for Birds
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by scott-devon
    Nice shots Bob. I've seriously considered buying a kayak for photography as I sold my canoe and my pontoon boat for flyfishing doesn't have a floor to keep my gear handy. How stable do you find your kayak?
    I feel quite comfortable in this model. Plenty of room for gear.

    http://gallery.photographyreview.com...edium/Yak1.JPG

    If you can find a place that will rent different models that would be a good way to find one you feel comfortable with.
  • 03-22-2009, 01:38 PM
    AgingEyes
    Re: Yaking for Birds
    Hmmm...I think I should be looking forward to many close up shots from you?