Northern Pintail

Gallery: AvianPosted December 11, 2015138 views4 comments

Although Bosque is famous for thousands of Snow Geese and Sandhills, there are many more ducks that over-winter there. I shot this recently near the flight deck. There were some grasses that I cropped from the top. I kind of liked the loose framing for the interesting surrounding water. It was partially backlit at 11 AM, so I worked the shadow/highlights to bring out some detail.

7D2 400 f4 DO + 1.4 Wimberley I on GT2531, ISO 400 1/2000 f5.6 +2/3EV

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on December 11, 2015 at 6:09 PM

A very nice scene with the water here Bill, I would try to selectively lighten the bird some. devil

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on December 11, 2015 at 6:34 PM

Nice one, Bill. I like the framing and the water, particularly in the lower part of the frame, is really cool.

devil

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Comment posted by Stephen Stanton on December 11, 2015 at 11:59 PM

I like the water lines and shaded colors.Can the side of the duck be worked for some of the fine detail? Very nice image.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on December 13, 2015 at 6:40 AM

Lovely setting and the colors/patterns in the water add a lot. Maybe you could make the bird pop a little more, but already fine as posted! Cheers, Hans

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