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Shooting ducks and seagulls

Yesterday we went for walkies to a small stream to feed and shoot ducks. The ducks were timid, and feeding them was difficult as the more daring seagulls would fly in to steal the pieces of breads.

Here is what I learned about feeding ducks and shooting seagulls:

• The seagulls are attracted to the bigger pieces of bread: anything larger than 1 cm times 1 cm looks very yummy to them. Maybe they just cannot see the small crumbs. The ducks however are very happy with the small pieces, so if you want to give the timid ducks a chance, make your pieces as small as you can.
• When shooting the seagulls, make sure your camera is set to handle fast-moving targets. I forgot to do that, and still got some pretty nice pics (too large to display here) but they might have been spectacular with the right settings.
• Shoot often. The birds are not going to reposition themselves for another group shot.
• Choose the right side of the bank to start with. When you see nice situations to take photos of, it's really annoying to notice the nasty sun glare from the surface of the water.

Oh, and I did shoot some ducks too. Here is my favourite:

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