Tufted Duck

by Graham Brown

Gallery: AvianPosted March 20, 2011146 views20 comments

Canon 7D, Sigma 300-800, 1/250th sec at f8 and iso 400

Comments

20 comments

Comment posted by Dan Walters on March 20, 2011 at 6:23 PM

Great low angle and nice color in the water.

Registered on October 30, 2005, 405 Posts, 3693 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on March 20, 2011 at 7:02 PM

Very nice. Great position; lovely dark brown water.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1031 Posts, 12705 Comments

Comment posted by Andrius Pašukonis on March 20, 2011 at 7:06 PM

Gorgeous light and colors. I didn't even know that tufted ducks can have such a nice colors. Well done

Registered on July 23, 2005, 111 Posts, 408 Comments

Comment posted by Rick Cloran on March 20, 2011 at 7:48 PM

Sweet image

Registered on April 6, 2004, 119 Posts, 1989 Comments

Comment posted by KC Choo on March 20, 2011 at 7:49 PM

Very nice angle and the colour of water is something to behold. Well done, but perhaps a tiny bit of CCW rotation?

Registered on November 15, 2004, 519 Posts, 8278 Comments

Comment posted by S Govindarajan on March 20, 2011 at 8:19 PM

Very beautiful image and great , Graham. Both the blacks and whites have come out perfectly exposed. I am particularly captivated by the eye and the texture of the water in the foreground looks interesting.

Registered on April 19, 2008, 115 Posts, 1921 Comments

Comment posted by May Haga on March 20, 2011 at 8:20 PM

Very nice image. Really like the nice low angle and the color in the water.
May

Registered on February 22, 2007, 714 Posts, 8470 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on March 20, 2011 at 8:38 PM

Love the low angle and great light. Water really adds a lot to the image IMO. In the larger version the fine detail is lacking a bit. You don't mention if this is a crop or not, but wondering if largish crop has reduced fine detail. A really nice shot overall of a very cool species. One I would love to have in my files.

Registered on December 6, 2008, 360 Posts, 7132 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on March 20, 2011 at 11:32 PM

Sweet angle and I like the way the bg works with the colors of the duck, Graham. Beautiful image.

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Hackley on March 20, 2011 at 11:57 PM

Nice low perspective and good pose. I like the water color and that you can see some of the color shine along the head, nice overall composition, well done.

Registered on September 17, 2009, 302 Posts, 5535 Comments

Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on March 21, 2011 at 12:38 AM

Great exposure n details !
Jagdeep Rajput

Registered on April 29, 2008, 686 Posts, 2857 Comments

Comment posted by Simon Bennett on March 21, 2011 at 2:51 AM

I like like the low perspective and detail in dark and white tones. An interesting duck too.

Registered on February 4, 2007, 350 Posts, 4614 Comments

Comment posted by Rob Drummond on March 21, 2011 at 3:44 AM

Wonderful light and detail Graham

cheers
Rob

Registered on November 8, 2003, 617 Posts, 8267 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Archer on March 21, 2011 at 1:47 PM

Awesome Photo Graham, great refection.

Ken Archer

Registered on October 28, 2004, 222 Posts, 6683 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on March 21, 2011 at 8:38 PM

Lovely subtle colors here!
Nice pose, great water, and fine detail.
Seems to need a touch of CCW rotation.
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Dudley on March 21, 2011 at 9:04 PM

Graham, Love the water colors, lighting and your low angle. Excellent exposure. The duck doesn't seem to have a lot of detail in the larger version - perhaps a large crop?

Registered on March 30, 2007, 437 Posts, 10915 Comments

Comment posted by David Williams on March 21, 2011 at 10:24 PM

Wonderful, Graham. Love the water complementing the colors in the duck and the angle of the shot.

Registered on March 8, 2005, 315 Posts, 2291 Comments

Comment posted by Christopher Dodds on March 22, 2011 at 6:56 AM

Wow, this is absolutely gorgeous. Great light quality, details and water color. Terrific!

Registered on October 14, 2010, 9 Posts, 46 Comments

Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on March 22, 2011 at 8:17 AM

Great portrait- beautiful light, colours and details- A beauty, Fabio

Registered on December 3, 2010, 90 Posts, 1614 Comments

Comment posted by Nancy Elwood on March 22, 2011 at 11:36 AM

WOW Graham so well done!! The color of the water is so complimentary and the lovely light enhances the wonderful details.

Registered on January 15, 2010, 101 Posts, 396 Comments