Take Off

Gallery: AvianPosted June 29, 2012113 views5 comments

This is the same mallard as in my last post. There a few things I like about this shot... the in focus part of the bird, the action in the water. The oof wings are a negative, but do they kill the value of the shot? Taken with 7D with 100-400 IS lens at 400, 1/650 at F4.

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Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on June 29, 2012 at 10:11 PM

Love the way you captured walking on water and the blurred wings. With all that going on, how can the pilot look so calm?

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Comment posted by Raymond Klassen on June 30, 2012 at 12:22 AM

I love the water colors and the hole she left in the water. The wings don't bother me at all. They add to the action I think.

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Comment posted by Alan Murphy on June 30, 2012 at 12:21 PM

Love that water hole. I would place the bird more right in the frame.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on June 30, 2012 at 3:02 PM

The action and the hole in the water are awesome. The wings don't bother me, and they may add to the shot. I agree that if you have it I would put back a little more at the left.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on June 30, 2012 at 6:05 PM

Neat action capture Patricia! I especially like the blurred wings showing movement so well..and that vortex of water behind the mallard's quite an unusual sight.
Well done

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