Reflection

Gallery: AvianPosted March 19, 201171 views7 comments

This photo was taken in the early morning hours at the Newman Wetland just south of the city of Atlanta. The weather was sunny and clear but chilly.

I used a Canon EOS 7D with a Canon EF 100 - 400 5.6 IS USM Len set at 400 mm mounted on a Bush Hawk support

ISO: 1250

F Stop: 5.6

Speed 1/640

Photo was cropped from 5184 x 3456 to 3185 x 3185

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on March 19, 2011 at 10:43 AM

I'd like to see more dof in this but maybe not possible with a long lens and high ISO. (I still struggle with dof so take that with a grain of salt) I like the head turn and full front pose. the reflection is also a nice addition.

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Comment posted by Larry Reitz on March 19, 2011 at 4:13 PM

I think you got a good one Paul. I especially like the reflections of the tall green foliage and the position of the mallard among them. There isn't much going on, on the right side of the frame and I would be tempted to try cropping from the right just bit to take the bird off center somewhat and put more emphasis on the interesting parts of the image. Just a suggestion to try, as it is quite good as it is.

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on March 19, 2011 at 6:00 PM

I like this with the soft colors. I would suggest a crop from bottom and left, to place the duck in the lower right 3rd of the photo. Sharon

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on March 19, 2011 at 8:46 PM

I feel it's a neat comp especially the reflection designs created and the bubbles however I find the noisy bg a bit distracting and feel some NR would really help improve the image

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on March 20, 2011 at 7:11 AM

Really nice Paul - love the setting

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on March 20, 2011 at 12:26 PM

The habitat really makes it here, Paul. Very pleasing image.

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Comment posted by Doug Backlund on March 20, 2011 at 8:02 PM

A pleasing calm scene. Very nice indeed.

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