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john crookes
03-24-2008, 06:52 PM
Another Wood Duck this one from early this morning same location as others but the numbers are swelling there were 15 woodies here today mostly males with a lot of territorial batlles
Hope they stay through tomorrow for another chance
Nikon D3
600mm w/1.4 ext
1/1500th
f9.5
ISO 560
Fill Flash set to TTL FP
Gus Cobos
03-24-2008, 07:13 PM
Very nice shot John, Love the colors and details on the duck, would like to see the background a wee bit lighter and more space in the front of the duck to show the path he is swiming to. also just a tad of canvas to the left of the frame also...
Congrats...:D
Gus...:cool:
Gus Cobos
03-24-2008, 07:19 PM
He John,
See if you like this version of your Wood Duck...:D I increased saturation just a tad, kicked the contrast just a little, lightened the back ground, and did just a slight amount of sharpening...:)
Gus...:cool:
john crookes
03-24-2008, 07:32 PM
Gus good try but now it is over sat and over sharpened
the way I show it was about the way it was early in the morning with the warm soft light
Thanks for the effort
Ed Erkes
03-24-2008, 07:40 PM
Love It! No nits from me. Really like the water drop! This is my favorite of the ones you've shown.
Dieter Schaefer
03-24-2008, 08:44 PM
I'd probably kick curves just a little bit up - other than that, nicely done.
Ed Cordes
03-24-2008, 09:22 PM
I like the water drop and the color of the face and catchlight. I like the BG in the repost.
Juan Carlos Vindas
03-24-2008, 10:13 PM
Very sharp image, a little dark in the back, but still a great one. Very nice detail with the droplet.
John Cooper
03-24-2008, 10:14 PM
Lovely image John of a lovely duck!! Just a tad dark on my monitor and like the BG in the repost.
No doubt you have aimed to hold detail in the whites. In cases like this I select the whites (magic wand), inverse selection and adjust levels or curves to brighten rest of image without touching the whites.
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