Sunlit Woody

Gallery: AvianPosted March 15, 2012182 views4 comments

Late afternoon sun but still had to bump the ISO. The resultant shutter speed was still pretty slow. Luckily, he wasn't moving and the image turned out pretty sharp. Comments and critiques welcome.

Canon 7D
Canon 100-400mm
f5.6
ISO 400
1/200 s
Focal Length 400mm

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Richard Teller on March 15, 2012 at 7:12 PM

Nice portrait and nice color. Wood ducks are always good subjects. I don;t know if it is my eyes, but the image seems just a touch soft.

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Comment posted by Peter Cross on March 15, 2012 at 8:27 PM

Great pose from this guy. While parts of the bird are correctly exposured, the darker parts of the plumage are too dark. Such as the top of the head. Not sure if you can pull out any more detail from them. A longer exposure would have really blown out the whites and they are pretty bright already. Nevertheless, the was a good capture from a coopertive bird in full breeding plumage.

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on March 16, 2012 at 9:58 AM

Lightened it up a bit.

Registered on January 6, 2012, 651 Posts, 3448 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on March 16, 2012 at 12:43 PM

Nice catch of this woodie and his colours.
The repost is an improvement. I like the dark water - something besides the typical.
Nice work!
Sandy

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