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Fabs Forns
05-21-2009, 06:37 PM
At Mzreck Ponds, Everglades National Park, a sunny evening. Female Northern Shoveler, funky bill under water :)

Date: 4/11/09
Time: 6:49:32 PM
Model: NIKON D300
Lens (mm): 850
ISO: 800 500/4 VR plus 1.7X
Aperture: 6.7
Shutter: 1/500
Exp. Comp.: 0.0
Flash Comp.: +0.0
Program: Manual
Focus Mode: AF-C
White Bal.: CLOUDY
ICC Profile: sRGB Profile
Ramon M. Casares
05-21-2009, 06:44 PM
Lovely, nice atitude, light, colors and detail, comps is nice as well as the water wich looks great, I would only suggest to tone down the bright areas in the water just a tad.
Congratulations!
David Hemmings
05-21-2009, 07:00 PM
Hi Fabs! Lovely water colors and a very unique pose make this a cool image. The composition works well. I would still like to see the beak and I would also tone down the whites in the water just a touch:)
Randy Stout
05-21-2009, 09:49 PM
Fabs:

Very nice. The water color on this is yummy. I agree with Ramon and David about the bright areas.

I tweaked it a bit, and tried to bring in the same color in the bow wake as was in the tail wake.

May not be what you were after, but I thought it was an interesting variant.

Randy
Fabs Forns
05-21-2009, 10:22 PM
Hmmmm, interesting repost, Randy, thanks!

Actually what I liked about this was the colors, the gold and the contrasting silver of the water.
Nothing written about taste, though :)

Thanks all for your comments!
Stu Bowie
05-22-2009, 12:46 AM
Fabs, something different, and I like this. Amazing colours, and love the partially submerged head. Well done for posting OOTB.
Tony Whitehead
05-22-2009, 03:03 AM
Superb colours and textures. I love the peeking eye.
Randy Stout
05-22-2009, 05:19 AM
Fabs:

I have learned a lot from your posts, and for me one of the most important things is to try and look at images from a variety of ways, to be creative in color and composition. That was the motivation for my version :).

The original is mighty fine.

Cheers

Randy
Mike Lentz
05-22-2009, 08:19 AM
Fantastic! I love the fact the the Spoonies beak is under water. The water colors are great, but the patterns in the water are what make this image special for me.
Arthur Morris
05-22-2009, 03:02 PM
Double ditto all of the above. Love the ORIG and the re-post. Darkening the pupil will increase the apparent sharpness.
Steve Maxson
05-22-2009, 08:23 PM
I love the uniqueness of this image, Fabs - with the behavior and water colors. I think I prefer the original post.