Sleepy Widgeon

Gallery: AvianPosted February 8, 201168 views10 comments

A dozing American Widgeon. I added 2 in of canvas on the left and 1 in on the bottom to free up an even tighter original. While some will find the floating feather (above the tail) distracting, I decided to leave it in.

Larger view available, "Thank you" for stopping!

Canon 7D
canon 600mmf4.L IS USM
F/8 -.67 1/200 ISSO 250
Manfrotto tripod, wimberley head, cable

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on February 8, 2011 at 5:48 PM

The feather's fine with me. That's some serious water color! Nice pose.

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on February 8, 2011 at 6:15 PM

Very serene image, wonderful golden setting with a pleasing painterly quality.

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Comment posted by Scott Frye on February 8, 2011 at 6:36 PM

Nice colors but the double frame is a distraction to me. I like the feather

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on February 8, 2011 at 6:38 PM

Wow, that is some color is right! I like the feather too. Nice detail. The rump white is not showing any detail and may be a bit bright. I might work on that area given the overall niceness of this shot.

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on February 8, 2011 at 9:44 PM

WOW--that's some gorgeous water! nice sleeping pose, and I like the feather just fine--it has a sort of surreal oof quality to it that goes well with the water. I agree with Ron that it would be worth working on the whites a little. Really a great looking image. added canvas sure looks good too.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on February 8, 2011 at 10:50 PM

You are really laying down some nice duck close-ups lately Craig! Artistically presented and well captured. I like the feather btw.

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on February 8, 2011 at 11:30 PM

Quite striking and I like the floating feather. It looks like an asterisk, which is appropriate for this lovely image. Great water color and nice detail in the feathers.

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on February 9, 2011 at 8:04 AM

Very pleasing color combo between the duck and the water. I like the soft feel of the bird, highlighted by the fine textures of the top feathers.

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on February 9, 2011 at 10:27 AM

The floating feather is fine with me Craig and I love the relaxed pose of the duck.

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on February 10, 2011 at 8:26 PM

The floating feather is more than fine with me Craig, I think it's a strong element in the image. A peaceful image with incredible water color.

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