Winter exotica

Gallery: AvianPosted February 4, 2017287 views2 comments

Lake Geneva, Switzerland
D810 300mm f2.8 G ED VR2 x tc 1.4 series 3
f/9.0 ISO 500 1/649 s EV -0.33 WBA Handheld
Photoshop CS6

A few days ago I didn’t expect to see a male Mandarin Duck on the lake – I would like to think that this was positive evidence of ‘global warming’! Regarding the technical issues of downsizing a very large file, this posting is something of an experiment to retain fine detail. I lost some of the finer detail in the bird's ‘sails’.
Thanks for viewing
Your crits. and nits are most welcome
David

Comments

2 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on February 4, 2017 at 6:45 PM

A beautiful bird and well photographed, David. The angle's a bit steep for my taste, but sometimes we don't have a lot of choice about that, and I certainly wouldn't pass up a chance at one fo these, regardless of the situation.

devil

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on February 5, 2017 at 12:31 AM

Amazingly sharp and detailed, and what a beautiful bird.

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