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Lesser Scaup
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Lesser Scaup

by Rick Turner

Gallery: AvianPosted July 10, 201281 views5 comments
Transferring all my files to Drobo I have found some lost files. This from last December.

Sony a900
70-400 G Sony f3.5 zoom @320mm
5 5.6 @ 1/500
ISO 400
tripod and ball head
LR3
PS5
full frame
NR background

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on July 11, 2012 at 2:01 AM
A pretty little hen, Rick. Might be a bit oversharpened, or there was some other post-processing glitch. And if you can, pull some detail out of the white ring around the bill.
Registered on August 28, 2006, 1240 Posts, 8506 Comments
Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 11, 2012 at 7:33 AM
Details look good in the LP Rick, like the water & its complimentary color scheme.
Well done my Texas friend:toast:
PS - I heard something on the news about Dallas getting 10" of rain the other day..
Sounds like it's time to built that ark :biggrin:
Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments
Comment posted by Rick Turner on July 11, 2012 at 8:12 AM
We got sprinkles here in Uptown. The 10 inches ????? not here my friend.
Registered on February 18, 2012, 534 Posts, 2755 Comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 11, 2012 at 12:28 PM
Beautiful water, Rick, and I like the palette. A slightly lower angle might have made the duck pop more, but it would have messed with the texture of the water, so I'm ambivalent over which would work best.

:toast:
Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments
Comment posted by Mike Ramy on July 13, 2012 at 4:20 PM
Rick,
I really like your 'Lost and Found' department. This is a very nice capture and perfect timing with the glassy water in front and the rippling current in the back of the subject makes for a very interesting effect, well done. Good detail also, the only negative that pops out to me is if the reflection of the head had not been cut-off at the bottom. Nice work as always.
Registered on June 16, 2012, 567 Posts, 2809 Comments