Lovely image Phillip. Possibly a bit tight and central but I would just like to see one of these as something other than a dot in the distance and would be over the moon with an image like this
John Lee
Posted by Andy Astbury on October 30, 2007 at 7:42 PM
Echo John' comments Phillip - cracking exposure though all the same
Detail is great though I might be tempted to use a low opacity dodge tool on the eye just to give it a tiny bit of a lift
Posted by Mark Sisson on October 31, 2007 at 4:37 AM
Could you hear his call while he was tilting his head back Philip? It's the most endearing thing about these ducks imo. Nice capture, although a little central as has already been said.
Mark
Posted by Paul Thomas on October 31, 2007 at 5:05 AM
Pity he's not slightly to the right but a great pose and the exposure looks spot on.
Paul
Posted by Paul Gibbs on October 31, 2007 at 5:05 AM
Looks good to me, you seem to of captured the details fine in the dark and light areas of the plumage which must be a mare to expose for.
Hi I do have a few more especially when he was further out at sea, the funny thing is as I was lying down on the beach he came within three feet away to close to focus on, I actually had to wait for him to swim out a little although we get a huge numbers of scoter and eider offshore we very rarely get them coming close inshore.
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6 repliesPhillip.
d2x sigma 800 1/640@f10 iso200-.3ev
PP in NC442 & CS2.
John Lee
Detail is great though I might be tempted to use a low opacity dodge tool on the eye just to give it a tiny bit of a lift
Mark
Paul
Phillip.