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Ruddy Duck calling

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Posted by SteveHL on June 19, 2006 at 1:28 PM
Ruddy Duck calling
SD10, Sigma 300-800mm@800.F5.6,1/800s,ISO400.
Comments Welcome.
Regds
SteveHL
Posted by John MacTavish on June 19, 2006 at 2:42 PM
A cracker of a pose and with a great bow wave too.
Maybe a little soft on my monitor though :razz:

Cheers,
John :toast:
Posted by Rene de Heer on June 19, 2006 at 2:45 PM
Not entirely sharp but as John stated....great pose!
Rene de Heer
Posted by Rob Ashton on June 19, 2006 at 3:04 PM
This is a cracker. Also, Rene and John have made my day. I've just got a new Notebook (replacement under warranty) and your image is cutting sharp on the TFT.

Well done.

Rob :toast:
Posted by Clive_S on June 19, 2006 at 3:20 PM
I love to watch this 'bubbling' display - nicely captured Steve. :toast:
Posted by John Gardner on June 19, 2006 at 3:42 PM
Great action shot. Agree with the others that a little more USM is required.

John
Posted by SteveHL on June 19, 2006 at 4:04 PM
I've resharpened with focal blade.
Regds
SteveHL
Posted by Tim Munsey on June 19, 2006 at 4:10 PM
I've only seen these at a distance, what charming looking things they are I bet kids love them.
Marvellous.

:toast:

Tim
Posted by Paula Graham on June 19, 2006 at 4:27 PM
Wonderful colours and pose of your bird.
I think I would have sharpened just the bird and blurred the bg a little perhaps.
Posted by Major Gilbert on June 19, 2006 at 6:24 PM
Agree with Paula. BG just a bit too strong for the main Image.

Major.
Posted by Clive_S on June 20, 2006 at 3:35 AM
I love to watch this 'bubbling' display - nicely captured Steve. :toast:
Posted by David Kjaer on June 20, 2006 at 9:11 AM
Nice bit of action well caught!

David :toast:
Posted by Phil Shaw on June 20, 2006 at 10:06 AM
Great action, and probably as good a composition as you could hope for, given the setting. The Sigmonster is a bit soft and the depth of field is very narrow when shooting wide open and I think both of these problems are apparent in your image. I try to keep my apperature at f7.1 or smaller when shooting waterfowl and focus on the shoulder of bird, relying on the depth of field to render both the eye and wing sharp.
Posted by Philip Kirkham on June 20, 2006 at 10:56 AM
Hello Steve
I haven't witnessed this myself so I find your image both interesting and very good. As usual, there is good advice from the guys.
Best wishes
Phil :toast: :toast: