Male Mandarin Duck

Gallery: AvianPosted April 4, 201591 views8 comments

January 16, 2015 This Male Mandarin is one of a pair that has wintered the past three years at Irvine Regional Park in Irvine, California.

Nikon D4 Nikkor 600mm ISO640 1/500 f/8 RAW White Balance Auto Processed in Lightroom, PhotoshopCC2014, NIK and TK

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 4, 2015 at 4:37 PM

Nice, Patrick. Excellent job on the exposure bringing out all the varied shades on this gaudy guy.

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Comment posted by Scott Frye on April 4, 2015 at 5:08 PM

Love the swirling water and great colors on the mandarin -- good choice of Fstop to hold the DOF -- would like to see one of these guys

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on April 4, 2015 at 9:16 PM

I like the dark water in this one Patrick. I think it really provides a good dark tone to allow all those colors to pop. nice work

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on April 5, 2015 at 9:11 AM

A spectacular bird, Patrick, captured very well here with fine detail in the duck, the subtle reflection and the movement in the water creating a good sense of motion.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on April 5, 2015 at 7:41 PM

Like the 'cheeky' pose Patrick, excellent exposure/color.
Good stop action details, beautiful bird this one

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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on April 5, 2015 at 10:51 PM

Great colors, Patrick. I like the look of the water too.

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Comment posted by Greg Morris on April 6, 2015 at 1:09 PM

Absolutely gorgeous Patrick. I love the tones and the head turn showing all those colors.

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Comment posted by Tjie Poo on April 7, 2015 at 7:00 PM

The dark background really brings out the beautiful colors of the bird. Gorgeous shot Patrick !! devil

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