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Territorial Whio\/Blue Duck riding the rapids to scare off a rival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Following the recent BirdsNZ conference in New Plymouth we took the rest of the week to head home. The plan was to spend 3 days at Bushy Park and then travel home via Turangi in search of Whio\/Blue Ducks.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Whio\/Blue Duck<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Whio\/Blue Duck are one of my (many) favourite birds. I find them beautiful and interesting in the way they thrive in rapidly flowing mountain rivers. Their habitat is a lovely place to spend time. The Tongariro river is now a reliable place to see them and we were rewarded by seeing at least 3 birds and having a chance to get some images during a brief stop.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Whio\/Blue Duck in fast flowing water<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

It’s always a priority to get some nice sharp images but it can be interesting to try something different to try and get a sense of their habitat. Using a slow shutter speed can give a sense of motion to the flowing water but comes with the risk of blurring the bird due to camera shake with a long telephoto or subject movement. As with pan blur flight images it is high risk, low yield.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Slow shutter speed (1\/40s) image of a Whio\/Blue Duck showing movement in the flowing water.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Circumstances weren’t ideal with no clear views and limited opportunities but it was again a situation where the “recall settings” function of the Nikon Z9 allows a quick and easy one button switch from settings for motion freezing to slow shutter. Using the slow shutter speeds required with a 560mm telephoto would be impossible without the amazing vibration reduction now available.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Whio\/Blue Duck swimming upstream against the flow. 1\/25s pan shows the water flow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Photos with Nikon Z9 and Nikkor Z 400mm f4.5 VR S with 1.4x teleconverter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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