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Brian Sump
06-02-2020, 12:06 AM
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Cinnamon Teal Drake walking on water.

D850
600mm + TC-14e
HH
ISO 800
1/3200
f5.6

C1P then PS (minimal water clean up and little touch on the bird)
Paul Burdett
06-02-2020, 01:44 AM
Hi Brian. Really like this one...love the sense of motion, the water splash and the great reflection. A little more a head turn towards you would be nice...but not a deal breaker. Looking forward to seeing more of your work. Cheers.
gail bisson
06-02-2020, 05:20 AM
I absolutely love this image Brian.
The bird is a bit passed you but the head turn makes up for it.
Whites look great and that calm water adds a lot.
Love the title too- very funny!
Well done,
Gail
David Roach
06-02-2020, 10:21 AM
Way cool title and pretty much perfect canvas, my friend. No nits from here. TFS
John Mack
06-02-2020, 02:08 PM
Great view of this cinnamon teal drake. Love how the bird looks like it's gliding along the water. The reflection is nice as well.
Joseph Przybyla
06-02-2020, 06:31 PM
Hi Brian, neat image. The calm water, the reflection and the bird appearing to run on water are all nice. Others didn't mention it so I am probably being picky but on my display the head looks a tad over sharpened, a little crunchy. Lovely image, thank you for sharing.
Brian Sump
06-02-2020, 07:17 PM
Hi Brian, neat image. The calm water, the reflection and the bird appearing to run on water are all nice. Others didn't mention it so I am probably being picky but on my display the head looks a tad over sharpened, a little crunchy. Lovely image, thank you for sharing.

Joe, sorry it looks that way. I barely touched sharpening comparatively - 120/0.8 in the RAW and only 25/.3 in PS. Crop was around 55%, which shouldn't be an issue on a 45mp camera usually.

Looking at the RAW, he may have just been diving before he came in as his head looked wet and appeared to be a bit crunchy from the start. I tried 0 sharpening at output before settling here and there was just not enough overall sharpness for web.
dankearl
06-02-2020, 07:21 PM
Nice Brian,
Unique, great subject. Just enough of a head turn to work.
Brian Sump
06-02-2020, 10:22 PM
Thank you everyone
Steve Kaluski
06-03-2020, 04:14 AM
Hi Brian, a bit late to the party, but fun image as Gail mentioned and I like the warm colours, however I'm with Joe and his thinking here. To me the main clarity looks more in the centre of the body with some nice plumage detail/separation, but the sharpening has created a very fine halo around the contour of the subject.

TFS
Steve