More Buffleheads

Gallery: AvianPosted December 30, 201482 views4 comments

Couldn't resist posting another image of this beautiful bird. Pretty much the same conditions. Far away, large crop. Processed using Lightroom 5 and Photoshop CC 2014. Comments and critiques welcome.

Canon 7D Mark II
Canon 200-400 f4 L IS
f7.1
1/1000s
ISO 640
Focal Length 560mm (Teleconverter Engaged)

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4 comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on December 31, 2014 at 12:26 AM

It is a colorful bird, but for me the light areas of the duck need to have more detail, sort of washed out. It does look a bit soft , maybe because of the large crop. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on December 31, 2014 at 10:57 AM

Nice shot - these birds are really hard to capture. I love the low angle and how you got the iridescence to show while not blowing out the whites. The only issue I see is the softness of the bird - but you state that it was a big crop which probably explains it.

Registered on February 4, 2009, 1093 Posts, 7035 Comments

Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on December 31, 2014 at 11:38 PM

Knowing your skill, I assume the softness is an artifact of the heavy crop. But it's a lovely capture of a Buffy Drake, especially the iridescent colors.

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on January 1, 2015 at 1:28 AM

Thanks everyone for the comments. This was indeed a large crop, but I wanted to share the fact that I managed a somewhat decent image. The quality was not great, but now I have a baseline for future Bufflehead images.

Registered on January 6, 2012, 651 Posts, 3448 Comments