You are my Valentine (+ Repost)

Gallery: AvianPosted February 13, 2012108 views6 comments

Wishing you all the nicest things.

Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) pair photographed on the shores of a local lake. They sat there for the longest time gazing at each other.

Canon 7D, Sigma 150-500 at 500 mm, ISO 800, 1/250 sec at f/11, large RAW cropped to 50 %, PP in LR3.

All C & Cs are welcome. Roger.

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6 comments

Comment posted by Ed Cordes on February 13, 2012 at 10:18 PM

Gret theme for the season. Well done.

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Comment posted by Steve Balke on February 14, 2012 at 9:00 AM

A very touching shot, Roger. The pose of each duck and the lovely eye-to-eye contact are really outstanding. My impression is that you would do well to experiment with post processing more to see if you could bring out additional detail and color. I'd like to see these ducks "pop" a little more and take attention from the rock on the rhs.

Registered on June 18, 2009, 229 Posts, 2915 Comments

Comment posted by David Haynes on February 14, 2012 at 6:26 PM

Roger,
The look that these two ducks are giving to one another is priceless. Particularly the male. He looks chagrined. You might try to lighten both the birds but leave everything else alone. Might help bring more colors out and it looks to me that both birds could use more exposure as the others have noted. Perfect Valentines Day post Roger.

Registered on February 20, 2010, 110 Posts, 1511 Comments

Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on February 14, 2012 at 10:07 PM

nice poses and comp, Roger. the male's look is especially nice.

Registered on March 21, 2009, 202 Posts, 4187 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Gazso on February 19, 2012 at 7:06 AM

A little more space to the left would be nice too. Still a great shot.

Registered on February 5, 2012, 10 Posts, 25 Comments

Comment posted by Roger Kirchen on February 22, 2012 at 10:03 PM

I have tried to give the ducks more pop and have used CS5 (layers and masks) for this. Here is what I got out of it. I think it looks better. Excellent suggestion to work on it. Thanks. Roger

Registered on March 6, 2011, 95 Posts, 847 Comments