Duckscape

Gallery: LandscapePosted March 4, 2016112 views7 comments

This might have been more appropriate for the Avian Gallery, but the ducks are so ill defined that I thought it worked better in this Gallery. Another from Nisqually. I like the way the array of ducks conveys the decrease of visibility with distance. I was on a small sailboat in pretty dense fog one New Year's Day and the loss of perspective made the ducks appear about the size of a Tyrannosaur when they finally emerged from the fog.

7D2, Sigma 150-600 C @ 157 mm, tripod, f/8, 1/3200, iso 800, aperture priority, pattern metering. Processed in LR5 & CS6. I brought the brightness up considerably and increased contrast a bit to make the ducks pop out of the bg a bit more. Full frame. Taken at 9:56 AM on February 25th.

Thanks for all your comments-this is a great gallery and I really appreciate the constructive input you folks provide.

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Harley Goldman on March 5, 2016 at 12:35 PM

I like the dreamy quality of this scene. Very peaceful and serene.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on March 5, 2016 at 1:53 PM

Love this Dennis. This isn't really an image about ducks, so I think it's well suited here. Again very simple, but I love the use of negative space here. Maybe not so much negative space, but that there is that lone duck on the left seemingly going against the grain. That relationship makes the image for me.

Not a big deal, but think I would take this full b&w. The bit of browns in a few of the ducks is almost a distraction. But I'd say that's getting pretty nitpicky... ;-)

Lon

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on March 5, 2016 at 3:22 PM

Hi Dennis crying

George Eastman said '" Light makes photography.. . embrace light ... admire it." Here you have used light beautifully to make a delightful moody presentation

Albert Darmo
Canada

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Comment posted by Dave Dillemuth on March 5, 2016 at 4:59 PM

Very nice image. Composition is effective and the fog adds a wonderful mood.

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Comment posted by David Schoen on March 5, 2016 at 6:48 PM

There does not appear to be any end in sight in this image as everything flows into the fog and diffuse light visibility decreases as one goes further away. I like the effect of the slight sunlight filtering through the fog on the foreground ducks.

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Comment posted by Ryan Shain on March 6, 2016 at 11:06 AM

Hi Dennis,

This image is so darn tranquil, and you have been on a roll with these sweet images. The first element that struck me is the duck on the left. The duck on the left makes this image work so well because the duck brings a nice balance to the rest of the image. I guess Lon and I are thinking the same thing, lol. I like the idea of going full blown black and white too.

A beautifully serene image

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on March 9, 2016 at 5:12 PM

Love it!

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