Sun Set of Day One

Gallery: AvianPosted May 9, 201298 views5 comments

This is the end of the second day of the seven mallard babies on Turtle Creek. This one keeps to him or herself most of the time and makes for a interesting subject. I was under a camo cover with my tripod and camera and was just a another tree to these guys and gals.

Sony a77, f3.5 G Series Sony zoom 70-400 @300mm,
ISO 1000
f6.7 @1/250 second
LR 3 and PS5 with slight 10% crop.

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5 comments

Comment posted by Basri Akcasoy on May 9, 2012 at 4:42 PM

Cute ducklings and nice composition with water color. TFS.

Registered on February 16, 2012, 118 Posts, 767 Comments

Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on May 10, 2012 at 12:40 AM

Cute kids and nice water color. If it were mine, I'd crop or add more canvas in front to give the little guys a bit more room to swim into.

Registered on August 28, 2006, 1240 Posts, 8506 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on May 10, 2012 at 7:21 AM

I like the color of the water and the light. For me I would like to see all the ducklings sharp. The formation they are in here makes that impossible given DOF inherent using 300mm. However, waiting until they are all closer together in a nice comp would allow it. That is just my personal taste.

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

Comment posted by Rick Turner on May 10, 2012 at 12:13 PM

Thanks for responses. I was trying to isolate the one chick in a series of him/her alone in the group..

Thanks again.

Registered on February 18, 2012, 534 Posts, 2755 Comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 4, 2012 at 6:53 AM

Sharp focus on the lead babe, and they're all facing the same way..I heard that's a good thing

Nice grouping & I like the waters color as well Rick

God Bless Texas

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments