Australian Wood Duck

Gallery: AvianPosted December 27, 2010123 views16 comments

Sorry for not contributing but I've been cameraless until Christmas eve. Dashed out to the nearest puddle to make sure everything was working. This is the female.

1D2n 500/f4
ISO 400 f10 1/800 alomost full frame, slight rotation and cloned out an oof feather on water.

cheers
Rob

Comments

16 comments

Comment posted by wade pettitt on December 27, 2010 at 10:08 PM

Rob, love the low pov and the colors are excellent.Well done!!

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Comment posted by KC Choo on December 27, 2010 at 10:19 PM

It would appear that everything is working fine, Rob! Excellent low angle image!

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on December 27, 2010 at 10:42 PM

Excellent. Love that low angle. Beautiful, soft colors. Like the head position and eye contact.

Registered on April 19, 2009, 367 Posts, 3589 Comments

Comment posted by Angela McCain on December 27, 2010 at 10:42 PM

Excellent. Love that low angle. Beautiful, soft colors. Like the head position and eye contact.

Registered on April 19, 2009, 367 Posts, 3589 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on December 28, 2010 at 2:15 AM

Nice pose, great silky water and good detail!
Really cool !
Sandy

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on December 28, 2010 at 8:42 AM

Looks good to me Rob. Nice low perspective and the water colors add. Well done.

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Comment posted by Danny Laredo on December 28, 2010 at 10:10 AM

Rob, love the low angle and water color.

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Comment posted by Andy Shepherd on December 28, 2010 at 10:36 AM

Cracking DOF on this one, Rob. The colours throughout the image are very complimentary, and very pleasing on the eye.

Andy...

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Comment posted by Doug Backlund on December 28, 2010 at 12:44 PM

Wow, you must have got close, I really like the low angle, great bg and sharpness.

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Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on December 28, 2010 at 1:23 PM

Excellent shot- love the perspective, details, and the warm green of water- great job, Fabio

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Comment posted by Carol Hyman on December 28, 2010 at 1:39 PM

Rob, could you send your puddles down to Austin. My puddles only glisten on the concrete.

Great great details, coloring, and bokeh.

Carol

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on December 28, 2010 at 5:17 PM

Very interesting species, Rob. Looks like it's part grebe. Nicely done.

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on December 28, 2010 at 8:05 PM

Everything's nice about this image Rob but that low angle makes it special. Really interesting bird and I agree with Bill that it does have a bit of a grebe look.

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on December 30, 2010 at 1:08 PM

You've got some great exposure work here, Rob. Good low pov as well.

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on January 1, 2011 at 10:55 PM

Very nice indeed, great low angle, headturn and setting.

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Comment posted by Ákos Lumnitzer on January 11, 2011 at 10:05 PM

Great low angle shot Rob! Absolutely wonderful. Common as these are, they are a very pretty species!

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