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Male Woodie
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Male Woodie

by Rick Turner

Gallery: AvianPosted May 19, 2012187 views9 comments
Male wood duck watching over the family.

Sony a700, 70-400 f3.5 g series zoom @400mm
tripod and ball head
ISO 500
f5.6
1/200 sec
LR3 and PS5

Comments

9 comments
Comment posted by John Robinson on May 19, 2012 at 9:55 PM
Hi Rick
I cannot understand why ducks like this and the mandarin are so ridiculously pretty and obvious. Its like saying to a predator - " Come get me !!!!! ""
Nice shot anyway :biggrin:
Cheers
JR
Registered on March 2, 2008, 535 Posts, 2453 Comments
Comment posted by Gary Gulash on May 20, 2012 at 12:32 AM
The still dark watery background suits this beautiful duck. Not a lot of detail in the dark areas, but still captures the essence of the bird. :toast:
Registered on January 28, 2005, 879 Posts, 12098 Comments
Comment posted by keith mitchell on May 20, 2012 at 4:27 AM
Rick that's good,excellent detail in the large image.

Keith. :smile:
Registered on July 12, 2008, 127 Posts, 1735 Comments
Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on May 20, 2012 at 10:21 AM
The head is sharp, so this image works for me. The bird is fluffing its feathers and the motion is detectable from the 1/200s SS. I think this motion blur adds to the image in this instance.
Registered on December 6, 2008, 360 Posts, 7132 Comments
Comment posted by Barbara Graham on May 20, 2012 at 4:00 PM
Very striking image with the beautiful colors of the duck and the dark water/background.
Registered on July 27, 2010, 1310 Posts, 5035 Comments
Comment posted by Sally Wood on May 20, 2012 at 5:01 PM
Nice Job on this Rick.. love the colors you captured, along wihtthe reflection. :toast:
Registered on March 8, 2012, 39 Posts, 509 Comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 20, 2012 at 7:01 PM
Nice detail, Rick. On my monitor, it looks like it could be a bit brighter.

:toast:
Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments
Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on May 20, 2012 at 7:37 PM
The colors are great and I like the ruffled feathers. Looks a little soft in areas maybe too much NR?
Registered on June 30, 2009, 300 Posts, 5051 Comments
Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on May 21, 2012 at 10:59 AM
Rick, the detail and sharpness of this one is much better than the newer post. I also like the angle a bit better and the darker BG.
Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments