Lesser Scaup Pair

Gallery: AvianPosted January 19, 201457 views6 comments

Found this pair in a local pond. Thought the water added a nice background.

Comments and Critiques welcome

Canon 7D
Canon 200-400 f4 L IS
f6.3
1/640 s
ISO 600
Focal Length 560 (teleconverter extended)

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by John Robinson on January 19, 2014 at 12:31 PM

Hi jerry
Good one. If only that head -------! I reckon even the left bird alone would be a nice shot. As you say-great water texture and colour.
John

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on January 19, 2014 at 1:26 PM

Definitely nice water and light. I'm still trying to get a pairs shot that I like.

It feels somewhat unbalanced from the amount of space between the ducks.

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on January 19, 2014 at 1:40 PM

Wonderful water color esp behind the birds. Always nice to get the pair. If you have a little more room behind the drake I would include it to balance the comp, but I do like the pano crop for this. Sharon

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on January 19, 2014 at 2:00 PM

Nice texture to the water, to say nothing of the color-which is quite lovely as well. I like the pano comp here Jerry, but I would be tempted to expand the crop to the right, in front of the hen- if you could.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 19, 2014 at 5:30 PM

Absolutely gorgeous water, Jerry. Maybe a touch of sharpening on the Scaups? From your continual postings, I take it you bought that 200-400 lens?

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on January 19, 2014 at 5:33 PM

Haven't bought it yet. I had the rental for almost three weeks, so I got to take quite a few images.

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