Twenty-four hours after hatching, the baby Wood Ducks are getting ready to jump out of the nest. Their mother was waiting for them on the ground, about 5-6 meters down. They all got out in a short moment. I counted 14 of them.



Bébés Canard branchu prêts à faire le saut dans la "Vraie Vie" / Baby Wood Ducks ready to jump into the "Real Life" [Aix sponsa]

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the lens foot is a bit misplaced. It is too far to the front.

This is one of the biggest gripes I have with the FA*250-600mm, but at least the tripod foot is not as flimsy as the current Nikkor AF-S 200-500mm f/5.6E VR. With my FA*250-600mm I use a gimbal head [Kirk King cobra] but the point of balance is still too forward, and it puts the controls for focus and zooming at uncomfortable angles. Canon and Nikon put the controls for focus and zoom forwards while Pentax is the opposite, I have no idea why the did that. I do own a full wimberly Gimbal tripod head but due to the design of the FA*250-600mm, I cannot use it.