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Red Crested Pochard

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Posted by Colin Crowdey on March 20, 2009 at 6:18 PM
Red Crested Pochard
hello

Popped out after work to get the last of the evenings sunshine and lo and behold there were a pair of Red Crested Pochard on my local nature reserve, the first time I believe they have ever visited, so I was happy :wink:

techs

D3, 300-800 at 800mm (also ran in DX crop mode to get more reach, fewer pixels, but reasonable subject size)
1/500 @ f6.3 ISO 400 +1.0 ev

cheers for looking

Colin
Posted by Drew Mellowship on March 20, 2009 at 6:46 PM
I like the colours of this one Colin, the all work nicely together. Is it my eyes of is the horizon slightly down on the left? apart from that, it's a pleasant image, well done !

Drew :smile:
Posted by Brett Lewis on March 21, 2009 at 4:31 AM
Nice work Colin with good detail and lighting. I think I would have liked a little off the top but some added to the bottom to give just a bit more space for the reflection. Otherwise nice work.

Brett :toast: :toast:
Posted by Tom Smit on March 21, 2009 at 10:38 AM
Nice shot. I would crop a little from the top of the image so it poits the attention more to the duck.
:toast: :toast:
Posted by Magnus Hird on March 21, 2009 at 1:01 PM
Very nice Colin, the eye and bill really stand out. A bit off the top looks good to me too :smile:
Posted by John Chapman on March 24, 2009 at 7:13 AM
Nice picture in beautiful light. :toast: