Wood Duck

by Graham Brown

Gallery: AvianPosted May 15, 2011149 views17 comments

Canon 7D, Sigma 300-800, 1/640th sec at f8 and iso200

Comments

17 comments

Comment posted by Clayton Musgrove on May 15, 2011 at 4:53 PM

Wow that's sweet Graham. Great lighting and colors.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on May 15, 2011 at 5:24 PM

Well handled exposure, Graham. You obviously had some pretty intense light, but all the whites are within gamut. The detail in the midtones and shadows is very good. The only problem I see is probably more a function of the crop—my thought is the subject should be lower in the frame, to lessen the blurred compression in the foreground. That would work if you have enough more up top to add to bring the subject down to the bottom third line. Either that or a pano crop.

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on May 15, 2011 at 6:08 PM

A very nice setting for the beautiful duck Graham. A tough exposure handled well, nice head turn and I like the low angle. Well done.

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on May 15, 2011 at 6:44 PM

Nice low angle. Beautiful colors and great eye contact. Love those wood ducks. Good job here capturing this one.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on May 15, 2011 at 6:48 PM

Very nice! The reeds make a great natural setting.

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Comment posted by Lucy Aron on May 15, 2011 at 7:28 PM

Beautiful. Might like to see the water brightened just a bit to highlight reflection.

lucy

Registered on February 25, 2011, 189 Posts, 1160 Comments

Comment posted by Butch Lama on May 15, 2011 at 9:25 PM

Awesome colors & love the setting with that green reed BG.

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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on May 15, 2011 at 10:26 PM

Very nice, Graham. The green of the background and dark waters make the duck really pop out of the image. Nice low angle.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 15, 2011 at 11:02 PM

Beautiful low angle and great job on the exposure of a notoriously difficult species, Graham. I like teh reeds in the bg and the great eye contact.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on May 16, 2011 at 12:59 AM

Lovely low angle and a nice job on a tough exposure. Have these guys been introduced over there?

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Comment posted by Graham Brown on May 16, 2011 at 2:00 AM

Hi Nate, It was a complete surprise to me to see this duck on our local pool but it only stayed for a couple of days so it was just passing through. Haven't seen any reports of other Wood Ducks in the area but it just goes to show that it pays to keep revisiting your local patch and occassionally it throws up a rarity. Graham

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on May 16, 2011 at 2:22 AM

A very nice job on a famously difficult subject. The reeds and low angle add a lot. I had no idea Wood Ducks were in the UK.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on May 16, 2011 at 7:04 AM

Nice low angle and vibrant colours Graham

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on May 16, 2011 at 9:44 AM

Graham,
beautiful colors and light. Really nice.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on May 16, 2011 at 10:57 AM

Nice colors and pose Graham. I can't get within a mile of Woodies here. Great job of managing this one!

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on May 16, 2011 at 8:49 PM

Love the green bg with reflections as well. Nice image

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Comment posted by David Sparks on May 17, 2011 at 9:36 AM

Wonderful capture of the rich colors.

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