Wood Duck Portrait

Gallery: AvianPosted January 24, 201696 views4 comments

Hi Everyone! Wood Ducks are my very favourite ducks but I hardly ever get to see them where we live. I was super excited when my dad told me we were going out for a day photographing Wood Ducks and Green-Winged Teals while we were on our trip to BC last spring. I got this picture on the same morning as my "Goose Attack" picture that got awarded in WPY this year and it was one of my favourite days photographing birds ever.

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Nikon D7100
NikkorAF-S 300mm f/4D IF-ED with TC-14EII teleconverter
ISO 1100
1/640sec @ f/7.1
+0.33 stop exposure compensation
Mounted on Gitzo tripod with Acratech GV2 ballhead
Full frame (not cropped)

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Richard Sandor on January 25, 2016 at 10:39 AM

Josiah: there's a lot to like about your well exposed, beautifully detailed portrait. Congrats!! Richard

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on January 25, 2016 at 12:00 PM

Very nice work on the whites and blacks. They are always difficult to properly expose. There's a bit of glare off the top of the bill. Easily fixed. A very nice portrait of this handsome drake.

Registered on August 28, 2006, 1240 Posts, 8506 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 25, 2016 at 1:01 PM

A lovely portrait, Josiah, with a great job of exposure on a difficult subject. Since you were on a tripod, a bit more dof might have been nice, but I don't know how active the duck was, so it may not have been possible. Nicely done.

devil

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Thompson on January 26, 2016 at 4:56 PM

Well done Josiah, they are beautiful ducks and you handled the exposure very well. I love their eyes. Nice work!

Registered on August 7, 2014, 125 Posts, 2319 Comments