Woody Break

Gallery: AvianPosted May 2, 201397 views7 comments

We have been fortunate with our weather here in the Pacific Northwest. Several warming sunny days and another week of the same in the forecast. It seems even the birds at the wildlife refuge are taking full advantage like this Wood duck sunning himself with 4 others this morning. This is cropped to about 50% a large dark tree trunk was cloned out of the urc.
Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, WA

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canon 7D
canon 600mm f4.L IS USM + 1.4TC
F/9.5 1/350 ISO 320
beanbag lens rest on auto window

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 2, 2013 at 7:40 PM

Very nice, Craig. I like that pose and the tightly cropped presentation.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on May 2, 2013 at 8:09 PM

I'm with Dennis - This birds colors are so very striking, why not show em' off like this?
Great pose & BG, only suggestion is to bring the green all the way out upper right corner.
Well done!

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments

Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on May 3, 2013 at 1:20 AM

Sweet, Craig. Love the detail in the flank.

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Comment posted by Claude Dagenais on May 3, 2013 at 6:47 AM

Nice pose and excellent exposure Craig, very good capture.

Registered on April 10, 2013, 56 Posts, 571 Comments

Comment posted by Ray Whitt on May 3, 2013 at 7:46 AM

Beautiful, nice pose and perch, details are excellent, great catch,

Ray

Registered on May 27, 2011, 92 Posts, 2619 Comments

Comment posted by Rick Turner on May 3, 2013 at 10:03 AM

I agree with Howard on clone urf. One legged Wood Ducks are rare

Registered on February 18, 2012, 534 Posts, 2755 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Hackley on May 3, 2013 at 4:08 PM

Nice job of getting this in bright light and I like the one legged pose, way to go.

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