Ruddy Duck

[Rich Ikerd]

From late last year at Viera, a few Ruddy Ducks showed up and were the hit of the town for awhile.
D2X, 200-400VR w/1.4TC @ 550mm, f/6.3 @ 1/800sec, iso 400
Post-processing was to take a single exposure and tone-map it with Photomatix to achieve a richer look. Hopefully it isn't too overboard. While I like colorful images, I also want to be true to the subject.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Pretty bird and nice light. I was not there but the colors look a bit oversaturated on my monitor.

[Larry Kaufman]

Hi Rich. I think the tone of the Ruddy is fine as that is how they look to me in warm evening light. The background saturation is over done in my opinion. By looking at the catch light in the eye and in the reflection It also looks like the capture needs a CCW rotation.

Regards,
Larry

[James Shadle]

While I like colorful images, I also want to be true to the subject.

Rich,
How close is this to what you saw when you photographed the little lady?
James

[Rich Ikerd]

Rich,
How close is this to what you saw when you photographed the little lady?
James

James, the reflections are probably a little more saturated here than in real life so I'll need to work on them some. But the Ruddy is pretty much as I remember seeing her.