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Gallery: AvianPosted January 16, 2013127 views2 comments

These ducks are in the middle of their courtship now in L. Michigan. Very entertaining to watch. I was photographing this male last weekend when the female swam into my frame. She seemed sleepy and bored by the whole act. We had a front come through the same time that kept changing the water color.

1D3/840mm on tripod at ground level. 1/800s@F/10, ISO640.

This is a heavy crop as I didn't want to disturb them. Look fwd to your thoughts.

Edit: This site seems to add a bit of saturation to my images. Not sure what's happening.

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Comment posted by Mark Schiebelbein on January 17, 2013 at 12:10 AM

Interesting behaviour shot. I like the eye just peeking above the surface of the water. I realize it is a heavy crop but I think there is still a bit to much up top.

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Comment posted by Marsel van Oosten on January 17, 2013 at 5:43 AM

Interesting behaviour. I agree with Mark that you could probably crop this a bit more even. Too bad that oof bird is blocking part of the view.

As for the increased saturation - most likely it's not this website causing it, but your browser. Try a different browser to see if there's a difference. That's what I experienced with my shots.

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