Natures Palette

Gallery: AvianPosted November 12, 2010193 views11 comments

I think that almost everyone that has seen a Wood Duck drake, marvels at the color palette that Mother Nature used. I had several closeups shot with a long lens this spring and thought isolating the feather patterns and colors of the side pocket area would make an interesting photo.

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canon 7D
canon 600mm f4.L IS USM
F/8. 1/180 ISO 400
tripod, cable, cooperative woody

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on November 12, 2010 at 4:27 PM

A beautiful abstract Craig

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Comment posted by Julia Flanagan on November 12, 2010 at 6:14 PM

I like this as an abstract. No mistaking it as a woodie though! If I were to pick a nit it would be that I don't think the far right side adds much - I think because the light changes there and it is brighter and perhaps a little overexposed. So I might try playing with cropping to simplify & unify it more.

Thanks for presenting something different.
Julie

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on November 12, 2010 at 7:10 PM

neat shot, Craig. great colors and details. I agree with Julie that I might tinker with the comp a little if it were mine, but like it as posted. reminds me of a similar abstract shot I took last winter that I've been debating on posting here--maybe I'll pull that up and post it tomorrow.

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Comment posted by Ron Huff on November 12, 2010 at 8:02 PM

I like it Craig- great job!!!

Ron

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on November 12, 2010 at 11:07 PM

Fun cool abstract. I like what you have done here.

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on November 12, 2010 at 11:24 PM

Amazing colours, textures and patterns.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on November 13, 2010 at 2:41 AM

Wow!!! This is absolutely beautiful! Very nice Craig

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Greg Schneider on November 13, 2010 at 9:34 AM

Neat abstract, very cool!

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on November 13, 2010 at 3:08 PM

Great seeing, Craig. You've done a great job on the detail. If it were mine, I might try to tease a little more detail out of the white feather in the upper left. And kudos for getting this close to a Woodie, even with big glass.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on November 14, 2010 at 1:14 AM

Lovely colors, I like the abstract quality. I can identify it as belonging to a Wood Duck, but it's really about color and form and patterns.

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on November 14, 2010 at 3:58 PM

Craig,
beautiful colors and pattern captured here. Well done.

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