Woodbridge Island Nature Sightings on a Thursday Hike

Birds and Wildflower at Woodbridge Island / Table Bay Nature Reserve

Canon EOS 70D / Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM Lens

Cape Teal Duck in Flight : Diep River, Woodbridge Island

Pre-Sales (Used) Field Evaluation of the Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM Lens

In preparing for selling a relative new Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6.L IS II USM lens for a private client I paired the lens with one of my Canon EOS 70D's and went on a hike into the Table Bay Nature Reserve, Woodbridge Island.

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The morning started in very good light and no wind, but unfortunatly very quickly turned into an clouded sky with a northerly breeze. Nevertheless, I had full confidence in my body/lens pairing and went deep into the reserve as I would on most other occasions.

Grey Heron Flying into the Sun Woodbridge Island

I have also done a similar exercise (close-up butterflies and wildflowers) with the Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM lens at Kirstenbosch Garden.

Woodbridge Island birds / flower photographed during the morning:

• Cape Teal Duck in flight
• Grey heron in flight
• Yellow-billed duck in flight
• Cape teal duck
• Southern masked weaver
• Levaillant's cisticola
• Black-crowned night heron 
• Purple wildflower

Canon Camera / Lens / Exposure Settings: 

• Canon EOS 70D
• Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM Lens
• Manual Mode: 400mm / f/5.6 / Auto- ISO (Various) / 1/2500s Shutter Speed
• Av Mode: 400mm f/5.6 / Auto-ISO (Various) Shutter Speed (Various) 

Post-Processing: Adobe Lightroom Classic Version 12

Grey Heron in Flight : Table Bay Nature Reserve Woodbridge Island

Yellow-Billed Duck in Flight : Above the Diep River, Woodbridge Island

Cape Teal Duck : Diep River, Woodbridge Island

Southern Masked Weaver : Table Bay Nature Reserve, Woodbridge Island

Levaillant's Cisticola : Diep River Woodbridge Island

Black-Crowned Night Heron Table Bay Nature Reserve, Woodbridge Island

Wildflower : Diep River Woodbridge Island

Canon Photography Training Inaka Island | Kirstenbosch Garden |  Woodbridge Island