dwa pictures and results

[Anonymous]

all picures by dilwyn green :thumbup:
b.i.s - r sadler - white bali male



best runner- f jones - white male















reseve champion C holtom cayuga drake ,best Aylesbury G HICKS,best blue swedish G hicks, best muscovy P birch , Best pekin C holton , best rouen G hicks , best rouen clair P hayes, Best saxony ben jones , best silver appleyard G hicks

 

[Anonymous]

Gorgeous ducks,thanks for posting the pics.

 

[Tim]

Courtesy of Poultry Photographer Rupert Stephenson, I have put some photos of the DWC show on the poultrykeeper site here:

Domestic Waterfowl Club Show 2009 Photos.

 

[Anonymous]

thanks, i didnt go photos courtesy of a friend. some great pictures rupert

 

[Tim]

Yes, he's great isn't he - my pics are very hit and miss. I have to take about 20 to get a single good one while Rupert waits and clicks once or twice to get his!

 

[Anonymous]

i thought your photos came out very well at the bwa while ruperts were a little bright.

 

[Anonymous]

Yes, he's great isn't he - my pics are very hit and miss. I have to take about 20 to get a single good one while Rupert waits and clicks once or twice to get his!

I wouldn't mind taking 20 pics for one good pic..... :? .

 

[Tim]

I found it hard to illuminate the birds correctly with a flash so I disabled the flash and tried using a higher ISO (more sensitive to light) but sometimes, the camera seems to have problems focusing correctly, especially on dark / white birds. The idea was to get a faster shutter speed as I was getting birds with a blur when they moved around.

When people bring their birds up for a photo, you don't get long to think about it and the little screen on the camera doesn't really show you an out of focus bird = until you download the photos to find the bird is a blur!

 

[Anonymous]

The pics I've taken of my white sablepoots are all rubbish.A blinding brightness so you can't see them,I tried to turn the flash off.....but,can't remember how to turn it off(not used the camera for years )so.......I'll find a man that can :lol: .

 

[Tim]

There's usually a menu that has flash options --- somewhere!

If you turn the flash off, the shutter speed slows down in order to get enough light through. Then, as the shutter speed slows, movement becomes blurred. It's best to use a tripod but birds do move quite a lot so it doesn't always work.

Sometimes I find standing further away from the bird and zooming in more, (but using flash) works because the flash isn't so bright on the bird then and the reflections from objects around the room give a better / more even light.

 

[Anonymous]

thanks Tim,will give it a try.

 

[Anonymous]

Saxony Duck - Best of Breed at the DWC Show in Nov. 09
Owned by Ben Jones. Photograph courtesy of Rupert Stephenson.

i thought your photos came out very well at the bwa while ruperts were a little bright.

if there too bright you could just use image manipulation software - photoshop , ect . Change the brightness , contrast , ect , i think it does a good job

 

[Tim]

Hi Ben,

Congratulations and well done! I must admit, when I typed it out, I thought 'it must be the Ben Jones on the forum' and it is!

Do you have any photos of your Saxony's at home in their 'natural' environment I could put on the Saxony Duck Photos page (where your duck appears of course )

 

[Anonymous]

i'll get some soon though it is quite muddy at the momnet :? so it may be a while , i might also get some pic's of my blue & apricot rouens , they really are somthing

btw did you get any pics of saxonys at hannover ?

 

[Tim]

Yes, understand. I imported some Abacots from Germany and have been trying to get a photo of them over the last few weeks to show some people - but haven't been able to with everything that's been going on. The weather has been terrible too.

There's no hurry - but if you do get a chance to get some snapshots at some point, that would be great..

Thanks.