Garganey

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12 replies

Posted by Dave Courtenay on March 21, 2006 at 1:42 PM

There is a canal that feeds into the Lake (Geneva) and a few garganey stay there in the calmer waters,They are very shy and as soon as they spot you they fly off,so i got to the lake early in full camo and laid next to the canal opposite a patch of reeds as this gave the water a nice colour and put some camo netting over myself and waited,Not only did i get the garganey but some little grebes that had proved elusive,The whites look a little hot on this image and seem worse on the jpeg as opposed to the tiff which holds detail
Canon 1d2+500 1/500@F8

Posted by Barrie Courtenay on March 21, 2006 at 2:09 PM

Hi Dave, cracking looking bird, would have preferred a bit more canvas on the right of the image to get the complete water swirl in the shot,thats a minor nit though.
The colour of the water compliments the bird nicely

Barrie

Posted by Tim Munsey on March 21, 2006 at 2:39 PM

Never seen one, must catch the next plane over they look great. Looks like it could do with a little more USM.
Nice one

Tim

Posted by Antony on March 21, 2006 at 2:40 PM

Hi Dave

I like it very much. I've yet to have a good view of this species.

Regards

Antony

Posted by Malcolm Muir on March 21, 2006 at 2:50 PM

Nice as ever, Dave. We rarely if ever see these in Scoitland - lovely birds.

Malcolm

Posted by Rene de Heer on March 21, 2006 at 3:26 PM

Seen many but never been able to get a decent image! This specie is making a bit of a come back in the Netherlands.Well done Dave, nice image. Will be in Lausanne again soon!
Rene de Heer

Posted by Graeme Lee on March 21, 2006 at 3:37 PM

Never seen this species before. Looks slightly uphill? some CW rotation? Maybe just me. Really like the water colour and you've done a good job with the contrast. Something I seem to struggle with.

Graeme

Posted by Dave Courtenay on March 21, 2006 at 4:11 PM

Hi Rene
You are always welcome,Let me know when you are coming and i will let you know whats about,This part of the lake can get busy at weekends so weekdays are better but an early start can give you a couple of hours grace before the bird watchers etc turn up

Posted by Justin on March 21, 2006 at 4:28 PM

A very fine shot of this striking species.
The water colour works particularly well with the brown plumage.

Posted by John Swift on March 21, 2006 at 5:02 PM

The colour pallette works exceptionally well, I'm slightly bothered by the minor crop of the reflection though.

Posted by Simon Hawtin on March 22, 2006 at 10:10 AM

Hi Dave
Super image of a smart looking bird, only minor nit - would like all of the head reflection.
Cheers Simon

Posted by David Kjaer on March 22, 2006 at 12:00 PM

Hi Dave

Very nice - don't see many of these in the UK. Agree re a little more USM but everything else looks good!

David

Posted by Helge Sorensen on March 23, 2006 at 8:25 AM

Hi Dave, very nice shot of this beautyful duck. I would go an inch higher in the frame to include the whole mirror.