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Male Ring-necked Duck
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Male Ring-necked Duck

by Barbara Graham

Gallery: AvianPosted March 9, 2011131 views3 comments
Canon EOS REBEL T2i
EF400mm f/5.6L USM (property of Ron Bielefeld)
2/18/2011 – 9:16:50 AM
1/1000 sec
Manual
f/6.3
ISO 400
Focal length 400 mm
Viera Wetlands, Viera, Florida
Raw file processed in PSE9, large crop to focus in on the bird as much as possible

I like the sharpness and the water. All feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Comments

3 comments
Comment posted by Dan Moore on March 10, 2011 at 2:48 PM
Nice image Barbara. I like it for the same reasons that you do. The water is super and you got a good exposure on the blacks. A little hot on part of the white -I never seem to get it just right. More than worthy of more comments.


Dan
Registered on February 11, 2010, 143 Posts, 1248 Comments
Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on March 11, 2011 at 10:34 PM
Very nice detail in this Ring-necked, Barbara. The whites on the bill may be just a tad bit hot. I would normally say that a lower perspective would be appropriate, but you would then loose that nice reflection. Nice image as posted.
Registered on February 6, 2008, 168 Posts, 3118 Comments
Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on March 12, 2011 at 10:16 AM
The water is wonderful with the ripples and reflections. The duck is sharp. The diagonal bit of vegetation in the bg is a little distracting but theres so much to focus on other than it that I' m not sure it matters. Nicely done
Registered on January 24, 2011, 576 Posts, 6942 Comments