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Mallard

by Andy Shepherd

Gallery: AvianPosted December 27, 201078 views9 comments

There's no real story behind this shot; just a female Mallard swimming across a very still lake.

1/640th @ f8 +1/3rd iso400

All C&C's most welcome and thanks for looking.

Andy... :smile:

Comments

9 comments
Comment posted by dan elster on December 27, 2010 at 6:13 PM
Beautiful reflection...With common subjects, you need to something a bit special to make a shot stand out, and you did that here. :toast:
Registered on September 23, 2005, 299 Posts, 2443 Comments
Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on December 27, 2010 at 6:52 PM
Common subject; yes. Beautifully presented; yes. Nice eye contact. I think I'd like just a tad more room on the rear. Sharon
Registered on November 1, 2003, 392 Posts, 4810 Comments
Comment posted by Geoffrey Baker on December 27, 2010 at 7:16 PM
An excellent image with a great reflection :smile:
Well done Andy.

Geoff.
Registered on August 20, 2010, 192 Posts, 980 Comments
Comment posted by Nate Chappell on December 27, 2010 at 8:27 PM
Lovely reflection and lighting Andy :toast:
Registered on February 1, 2006, 1158 Posts, 19528 Comments
Comment posted by Angela McCain on December 27, 2010 at 10:55 PM
Beautiful shot. Great light and reflection. Lots of nice detail in the feathers. Wish the angle was a little lower.
Registered on April 19, 2009, 367 Posts, 3589 Comments
Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on December 28, 2010 at 2:24 AM
Andy, really nice pose, light, water, and reflection.
A bit of selective lightening on the rear end would improve this further, imo.
Sandy
Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments
Comment posted by Andy Shepherd on December 28, 2010 at 10:43 AM

Thanks for the feedback guys :toast:

Andy...
Registered on September 24, 2006, 123 Posts, 1254 Comments
Comment posted by Ron Dudley on December 28, 2010 at 8:51 PM
Yup, that smooth water and higher angle made for a special reflection Andy. I like the lighting in this image as posted. I would however work on getting rid of the narrow halo around both bird and reflection - probably by selective processing of the bird (sans reflection).
Registered on March 30, 2007, 437 Posts, 10915 Comments
Comment posted by Karen Summers on December 29, 2010 at 5:23 PM
Gorgeous reflection on this one
Registered on December 3, 2009, 83 Posts, 818 Comments