Ringed Teal

Gallery: AvianPosted August 9, 201480 views5 comments

Today a friend of mine and I were to a neighbor city to search for Callonetta leucophrys. We were almost returning, after almost 3 hours searching, when I heard the bird calling. We photographed the bird, and then start returning. Right before actually leaving the area where we were, we saw the bird again on a small lake. Then I made some new photos.

Canon 7D, 500mm + 1.4x
f/8, 1/400, ISO 400, -0.3, @700mm

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on August 10, 2014 at 3:06 PM

Nice catch, Jefferson. It looks as if you r focus was on the body rather than the head for this one-the head seems rather soft. You could also use a bit of counter-clockwise rotation. The easiest way to get the amount for this image is to draw a line connecting the front of the eye on the duck with the same point in it's reflection-that line should be vertical. If you're using PS you can use the ruler tool (in with the eyedropper tools) to draw the line, then if you go to image/rotation/arbitrary, the field will automatically be populated with the correct amount.

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by David Haynes on August 10, 2014 at 6:18 PM

What a cool looking duck Jefferson. As Dennis already pointed out this needs some counter clockwise rotation to level the duck out. I actually really like the floating debris in the water. Adds a lot to the image. Also the there is a beautiful reflection peeking through the matt of debris.

Registered on February 20, 2010, 110 Posts, 1511 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Thompson on August 10, 2014 at 8:32 PM

Hi Jefferson,

What a cool duck, I also like the environment but I agree about the Counter-clockwise rotation. Nice shot!

Registered on August 7, 2014, 125 Posts, 2319 Comments

Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on August 11, 2014 at 7:07 PM

Thanks for the comments!
I had a hard time focusing on its eyes. I've been trying to shoot with monopod, but I don't think the results are good.
I'll might have another chance to see this bird, I'll try to improve the photo. If I do that, I'll post it here.

Registered on December 18, 2012, 162 Posts, 975 Comments

Comment posted by Mike Ramy on August 11, 2014 at 8:56 PM

Jefferson,
Beautiful Ringed Teal and a duck I have never seen in my travels that I can remember, your patience paid-off. I am not a fan of the floating vegetation on the surface, beautiful subjects make beautiful reflections and that was taken away from this image. I do agree with the CCW rotation being needed. Good luck with mastering that monopod, one more thing to fool with in the field can sometimes hinder more than it helps.
Can't wait to see the next encounter . . .

Registered on June 16, 2012, 567 Posts, 2809 Comments