Wood Duck

[Terry Johnson]

139240

Hello, another image of a wood duck taken at the Rhodie Gardens in Portland, OR

Nikon D800
Nikon 70-200mm with 2.0 Teleconverter for 240mm
ISO 220
F5.6
1/250
hh

Your comments please...Terry Johnson:S3:

[Troy Lim]

Terry,

Looks like you have a very cooperative subject here. I would get lower to more of a eye level shot. Also, I would shoot at a higher ISO to get more DOF of the duck. The currently focus appears to be on the near wing. Stopping down would have help getting the head sharper.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Good exposure and colours, I also like the water droplet on the bill, the image would have been very much stronger if you had been able to get a little lower and if the bird was coming into the frame as opposed to going out of it.

[Rob Melone]

Beautifully exposed Terry and love the head position and water droplet!

[Daniel Cadieux]

Beautiful subject, goes without saying! Nice colours, good exposure. I too would have preferred a lower angle. One thing you got though is a good look at the top which we do not often see in photographs. I see you worked on the top and left part of the canvas?

[Terry Johnson]

Hi Daniel, yes I did work on all of the corners of the image. I had to add some background back into the image as the crop took out large sections of the four corners. I was sloppy as I notice I left some of the matt in the top left and the merging I did wasn't that smooth.

...Terry Johnson:e3