Posted by Toni Lankerd on February 17, 2009 at 8:58 PM
Found a few Common Mergansers floating around in the Grand River channel this past weekend. Sunny, blue skies and the cold weather provided a nice background for this female diver.
Pentax K10D, Pentax 80-320 @320mm, f8, 1/200, iso 100, hand held with
in-camera stabilizer.
The colors and light are all quite nice. I like the catchlight in the eye and how the colors of the bird contrast with the water (the warm tones especially). It does strike me as a bit to "centered", and I'm wondering if it'd work a bit better with a slight crop off the left and bottom.
Posted by Bruce Palla on February 18, 2009 at 9:12 PM
Toni, you caught her upstream swim nicely too. The ripples and current are nicely highlighted and that is some BLUE water. A nice reflection also, good shot.
Posted by Toni Lankerd on February 19, 2009 at 9:55 AM
Thanks!
Joel...I wondered about the crop too, and it's no problem to fix that. I forgot to mention that I cropped about 15% total from the bottom and right side. There are a few other images where the Merganser is placed better within the frame but haven't edited those yet.
I agree that a slightly different position in the frame--the LL powerpoint, for instance--would make this a hair more dynamic, but that's minor. I like the ripple pattern and the color of the water here, as well as the capture of the merganser itself. Nicely done, Toni.
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5 repliesPentax K10D, Pentax 80-320 @320mm, f8, 1/200, iso 100, hand held with
in-camera stabilizer.
Joel...I wondered about the crop too, and it's no problem to fix that. I forgot to mention that I cropped about 15% total from the bottom and right side. There are a few other images where the Merganser is placed better within the frame but haven't edited those yet.