Four Aces

Gallery: AvianPosted August 29, 2012223 views12 comments

I photographed this handsome quartet last spring. I like the light, the dark BG and the perch and of course the subject matter. One of my favorite birds.

Nikon D300s with 200-400 and TC 14 hand held
1/500 @ 5.6 ISO 640

Thanks for any commments and critique.

"I like ....birds"

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on August 29, 2012 at 8:07 PM

Excellent. Good angle and light, well handled exposure and good detail. It does need some CCW rotation.

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Comment posted by Joel DeYoung on August 29, 2012 at 8:23 PM

Nice details and composition. I agree that it needs a bit of CCW rotation.

Nicely done.

I'm glad to see you have all your ducks in a row.

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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on August 29, 2012 at 8:30 PM

Robert,
Well done on these guys, they all look quite well feed. I agree with Phil on the rotation and you may want to clone out that fishing line in the center to improve the first impression of the shot. It is amazing how you got 4 different poses at once.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on August 29, 2012 at 8:40 PM

Nice grouping and composition.

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Comment posted by May Haga on August 29, 2012 at 8:47 PM

Cool shot, amazing to get four ducks on one branch. very well done.
May

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on August 29, 2012 at 10:10 PM

I like the wood duck most of all ducks. Nice capture.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on August 30, 2012 at 12:39 AM

Nice group of wood ducks, perfectly spaced and posed. I really like the side light feel of this image.

Sweet One Robert

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on August 30, 2012 at 11:57 AM

Very cool to see 4 wood ducks all out of the water, a wonderful find.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on August 30, 2012 at 10:59 PM

Lovely composition, Robert, and you handled it very well.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on August 31, 2012 at 7:54 PM

Interesting light and all four nicely in focus.
Great framing & overall comp Robert, cool shot

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on September 3, 2012 at 12:04 AM

The dark green water works beautifully with the coloration of the quartet. Excellent composition Robert. The fishing line isn't a serious issue for me, but removal is an option.

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on September 4, 2012 at 11:50 PM

Love the variety of poses. What a great opportunity for a shot well taken.

Good on Phil and Mike for catching a couple of important details... easy to fix to make a great shot even better.

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