Mallard in late light

Gallery: AvianPosted April 5, 201455 views4 comments

I liked the quality of the nice warm sunset light falling on this mallard hen. I also liked the diagonal log perch and the nice BG. Some people may object to the light circles created by OOF specular highlights in the BG but I think they look good and enhance the photo. I took this shot at White Rock lake in Dallas.

D300s with 200-400/4 and TC14 HH
1/125 @5.6 ISO 800

Thanks for looking and for any comments or critiques.

No bait, calls, captives or cloning etc. was used in this picture.

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on April 5, 2014 at 5:36 PM

I really like the side lighting here, Robert. Nice job with the tough lighting conditions. Very nice detail in the Mallard. It does appear the high ISO has introduced a bit of noise in the background.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on April 5, 2014 at 6:14 PM

I agree, in this case the soft specular highlights add well Robert.
Nice detail and the warm side light is magic

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 5, 2014 at 10:31 PM

Really cool light, Robert. I like your composition and the oof highlights aren't bright enough to be unduly obtrusive.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on April 6, 2014 at 4:09 AM

Nice and warm side light on this Mallard ! Greetings, Hans

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