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Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted January 14, 2010132 views6 comments

It’s been a while since I had the macro lens on the camera, but I found this old image that I never posted before, and decide the most logical gallery for it is this one.

While paddling in the Adirondacks in September a couple of years ago, I came across a large “flotilla” of duck feathers (can’t recall what species it looked like). It looked like an unknown predator’s leftovers. It was not easy photographing them with the feathers and my kayak at the mercy of the current, but I managed to find a quiet spot next to this log.

Canon 20D
Sigma 18-200
1/160 sec. @ f/14
ISO 400

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on January 14, 2010 at 9:34 PM

Very nice, Wayne. Probably better without the log, I think, but hard to come by given the circumstances. What makes this outstanding for me are the details in the feather and the lighting on the vegetation.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on January 14, 2010 at 11:10 PM

Wayne: Like the detail and water droplets on the feather

. The BG log is a bit distracting though. You are game to put your gear in your kayak; I would be too worried about getting water in them.

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Comment posted by John Kerr on January 16, 2010 at 8:35 AM

I like this very much Wayne. The detail in the feather is wonderful and the suttle "S" curve it has makes it pleasing to the eye. I agree the log is maybe a little distrating but understand there's not much you could have done with that, so in my opinion you did a great job in the way you added it to the comp of the overall photo. I've been discovering for myself that kayak photography is a little tricky, but getting on the water in the dark and being there just as the sun breaks the horizon is magical.

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Comment posted by Mike Moats on January 16, 2010 at 8:36 PM

Hey Wayne, I like intimate scene in nature like this, congrats.

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Comment posted by Larry Lynch on January 19, 2010 at 8:04 AM

Excellent light and very unusual. Nice detail in the feather and excellent comp.

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Comment posted by Ursula I Abresch on January 26, 2010 at 10:33 PM

The feather and all the detail on it are beautiful.

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