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Like water off a Mandarin duck's back

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Posted by Alan Bryant on November 21, 2007 at 11:42 AM
Like water off a Mandarin duck's back
Here's a Mandarin just after dunken its head.

Taken on a really dull rainy day, so shutter speed was very slow.I did well to stop freeze the water anyway.

1D MKIII
EF500 f4 L
ISO 800
1/320 @ f5.6

C & C welcome

Thanks for looking :cool: :wavey:
Posted by Andy Astbury on November 21, 2007 at 12:07 PM
Hi Alan - very nice capture :toast:

Looks a tad bright on my monitor - I might be tempted to reduce the contrast a bit and then up the saturation and perhaps re-set the black and white points - but that's just me mate :wavey:

Awesome for 800ISO :wink:
Posted by Edwin kats on November 21, 2007 at 12:35 PM
On my monitor it looks just perfect. Very cool shot and frozen action. Well done.

Edwin Kats
Posted by Mark Sisson on November 21, 2007 at 12:46 PM
Possibly a tad bright but a nice looking shot Alan. Like the water droplets about the place too.

:toast:

Mark
Posted by John Varley on November 21, 2007 at 3:47 PM
Its a nice shot Alan, but I find the previous one more interesting.
Posted by Stuart McCrae on November 21, 2007 at 3:51 PM
Great timing to get the water frozen,Looks ok on my monitor too.

:toast:

Stu.
Posted by Mark Fellowes on November 23, 2007 at 10:51 AM
Looks good to me too - great to see something different in terms of pose. They really are superb ducks - both for colour and detail, and you've captured that very nicely.
:toast:
Mark