Male Wood Duck

Gallery: AvianPosted November 9, 2011253 views11 comments

Male Wood Duck perched up on a tree.....Local pond.
Nikon D7000, 500mm F4 +1.4x tc, iso 400, F6.3, 1/200ss, out the window of my SUV.

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11 comments

Comment posted by Scott Frye on November 9, 2011 at 8:29 PM

Wow -- look at all the colors very nice

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Comment posted by Richard Hahn on November 9, 2011 at 8:56 PM

Great picture of my favorite duck.

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on November 9, 2011 at 9:09 PM

Outstanding! To my eye it's a little over sharpened in a couple of spots, but still really nice! Sharon

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on November 9, 2011 at 9:31 PM

Eric: Looks very nice. Very nice detail on the wood duck. There are some funny green artifacts on the perch in the lower right. Some cloning stuff? Easily correctable.

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on November 9, 2011 at 9:39 PM

Beautiful details and colors. Wonderful shot.

Ray

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on November 9, 2011 at 10:11 PM

stunning colors, along with a sweet bg and nice perch, Eric. I might tone down the bright part of the bill a little, as it draws my eye a little from all the other beautiful color. do I see some cloning artifacts around the bird's body also? minor details, easily dealt with, on a beautiful shot. I'm surprised to see the whole bird so sharp at 700mm and f/6.3, is this much of a crop (trying to figure out subject distance re: dof)?

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Comment posted by Peter Coskun on November 9, 2011 at 11:21 PM

Beautiful capture. I was able to find some of these but couldn't get a decent photo. I like the nice green backdrop, it helps the duck stand out. It does seem to be a bit over-sharpened when looking at the large view particularly around the eye. Only other thing I noticed was the cloning artifacts on the underside of the perch as Keith mentioned. These sure are some photogenic birds though.

Registered on October 31, 2011, 170 Posts, 1240 Comments

Comment posted by Eric Diller on November 10, 2011 at 6:25 AM

Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on 11/09/11 at 10:11 pm EST
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stunning colors, along with a sweet bg and nice perch, Eric. I might tone down the bright part of the bill a little, as it draws my eye a little from all the other beautiful color. do I see some cloning artifacts around the bird's body also? minor details, easily dealt with, on a beautiful shot. I'm surprised to see the whole bird so sharp at 700mm and f/6.3, is this much of a crop (trying to figure out subject distance re: dof)?
Brian Gatlin
Grand Canyon, AZ
"The world and the universe is an extremely beautiful place, and the more we understand about it the more beautiful does it appear." Richard Dawkins

Distance was 15 meters. Cropped to vertical since I photo was taken Horizontal. Only had a brief moment to snap the photo, these guys are skittish as heck!

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Comment posted by Butch Lama on November 10, 2011 at 11:55 AM

AMAZING... Beautiful colors & nice back profile with head turn. Love the smooth green BG, gives a nice depth to this image.

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on November 10, 2011 at 8:17 PM

Some minor issues that are already mentioned. Just a striking lovely bird, pose and capture by you.

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Comment posted by May Haga on November 10, 2011 at 8:41 PM

Very, very nice. I like the clean background and the perch. I also like the pose of the bird with a nice head turn. Excellent detail and everything is nice and sharp.
May

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