Wood Ducks

Gallery: AvianPosted May 13, 2013157 views10 comments

I had an exciting afternoon with several wood ducks at a local lake a few weeks ago. At least three pairs of wood ducks seemed to be competing for this small part of territory near the lake shore. This drake is preparing to defend it's stake against another invading pair of woodies.

Canon MkIV, 600mm, ISO 640, 1/2500, f8, manual spot meter

All your comments and suggestions are very much appreciated.

Ken

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Ray Whitt on May 13, 2013 at 9:24 PM

Nice I like the out of focus ducks in the background. Foreground duck looks great, nice detail.

Ray

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on May 14, 2013 at 12:52 AM

Very nice. The composition with the OOF Woodies behind and to the right is excellent. Woodies are difficult to expose; your's is very good, but if it were mine I'd try to tease a bit of detail out of the blacks on the head. The white are quite good, and the blacks on the flank and tail.

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Comment posted by Tjie Poo on May 14, 2013 at 1:07 AM

Very nice capture. I like the composition a lot. The black/dark portion on wing and covert looks too dark on my screen and is losing some details. Still a very fine image as it is.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on May 14, 2013 at 4:56 AM

Ken,

This is very colourful, unlike our few ducks here in South Africa, great light and great detail

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Comment posted by Claude Dagenais on May 14, 2013 at 10:50 AM

Nice comp Ken, I guess trying to save the whites caused a bit of underexposure and the bird is facing away from the sun. Still a very pleasing capture.

Registered on April 10, 2013, 56 Posts, 571 Comments

Comment posted by Craig Strand on May 14, 2013 at 12:30 PM

I like the comp. with the 3 drakes and also the alert pose of the main bird. Nice water too!

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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on May 16, 2013 at 1:35 PM

Wood Ducks Rule and you captured a beauty here Ken,
Well Done . . .

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Comment posted by Christine Adams on May 17, 2013 at 1:43 PM

Just a stunning duck! Nice capture!

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on May 18, 2013 at 1:17 PM

Neat comp with the oof birds coming at the male which is lined up sideways, cool shot Ken

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Comment posted by Rick Andrews on May 25, 2013 at 2:27 PM

I think the composition really helps tell the story here Ken, I can almost see what's going to happen next.

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