Nordic tale

Gallery: AvianPosted March 11, 2017276 views3 comments

Lake Geneva, Switzerland
D810 300mm f2.8 G ED VR2 x tc 1.4 series 3
f/8.0 ISO 300 1/640 s EV -0.33 WBA Handheld
Photoshop CS6

According to Geneva’s local press, our only previous recent sightings of Long-tailed Ducks go back to 2012 and 2015. In 2012 I photographed six females, all with their short tails – I was somewhat disappointed that the ‘flotilla’ didn’t include at least one male! This time I struck lucky only to find that the male had a short tail! Regarding the techs, there was a rare moment of bright sunlight allowing low ISO to avoid ever-present Noise at ISO 800!
Thanks for viewing
Your crits and nits are most welcome
David

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on March 11, 2017 at 4:13 PM

I like the colors and details in this image. Also, I believe the somewhat distorted reflections add to the photo. Overall a nice image of these ducks. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on March 11, 2017 at 5:02 PM

A very good image, David. I like the "Short-tailed Longtailed" effect.

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Comment posted by David Schoen on March 12, 2017 at 7:21 PM

Nice that you're able to get both ducks in good focus. Good color and detail and nice point of view. I saw few of these in Iceland last year so they come a long way. I'm impressed with the diversity of ducks on Lake Geneva. It looks as if you have a good location and you're able to get down fairly low.

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