Female mallard

Discussion

11 replies

Posted by Magnus Hird on May 18, 2008 at 2:29 PM

Had some fun watching this mother with her chicks at the local reserve on Friday. Hopefully more of them to follow once processed!

Canon 350D with Sigma 80-400 @ 400mm, f8 for 1/200 @ ISO 400

Lying at ground level with beanbag

All comments welcome

Posted by Robert Lawrence on May 18, 2008 at 2:49 PM

Nice portrait of an overlooked common species. Very alert expression Magnus and a good plain background to highlight the bird.

Posted by Justin on May 18, 2008 at 3:20 PM

A really eye-catching portrait set against a nice backdrop.

Posted by Laurie Braman on May 18, 2008 at 7:32 PM

Very nice!

Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on May 19, 2008 at 2:02 AM

Great portrait with very nice colours.

Posted by David Kjaer on May 19, 2008 at 4:28 AM

Nice close-up with good detail and BG!

David

Posted by Dave Courtenay on May 19, 2008 at 7:34 AM

Front to back sharpness in the head/beak-Good clean image

Dave

Posted by Paul Inglis on May 19, 2008 at 8:21 AM

Hi Magnus,

Fantastic portrait! Beautiful colours and tack sharp!

Posted by Andy Shepherd on May 19, 2008 at 10:06 AM

It's a good looking portrait Magnus and the BG is very nice.

Andy...

Posted by Alan Woolnough on May 19, 2008 at 10:07 AM

Nicely done Magnus..............super shot

Alan

Posted by eric weight on May 19, 2008 at 2:29 PM

Beautiful portrait shot, I'd be very pleased with that. Perfect PoV as well.

Eric

Posted by Magnus Hird on May 20, 2008 at 1:53 PM

Thanks all for the comments, much appreciated