Taking a Break from the Snowy Owl

[Doug Brown]

I spent yesterday morning photographing ducks at the Albuquerque Biopark. There were so many birds that it was hard to isolate one bird. This Wigeon must have been a loner!

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[Grace Scalzo]

Duck is beautiful and the patterns in the water are perfect. Love the head tilt and eye contact.

[Willem Verboom]

Great post Doug. Like I said nice color and head angle. Nice feather detail also.

[Dan Brown]

Taking a break from the handheld 600 too, I see! Nice HA, Doug.

[Doug Brown]

<embed id="application/x-exifeverywhere" type="application/x-exifeverywhere" width="0" height="0">Thanks Willem. Enjoyed chatting with you yesterday. I brightened up the bird as per your suggestion.

[Gary Esman]

Fantastic head turn and the eye looks great. Very nice image Doug.

Gary.

[Willem Verboom]

You just brightened just enough in mine opinion. Great shot and I enjoy our conversation to yesterday.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Doug, tack sharp, and you captured a great HA here. I really like those colours on the head.

[Doug Brown]

Hi Doug, tack sharp, and you captured a great HA here. I really like those colours on the head.

The new 70-300 L is impressively sharp and very versatile. It's replaced the 70-200 in my bag.

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[Sidharth Kodikal]

Hi Doug, lovely eye contact and perfect exposure. I like the crop too.
I find the light streaks around the head and bill and head a tad bright/distracting. Wonder if toning them down a bit would work.

[dankearl]

The chocolate water makes this for me . Nice exposure, that bill and head can be difficult.
Agree others on the nice angle.

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent image quality and a nice look, well done!

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Doug! I like the HA, details, sharpness and water.

[Sid Garige]

Great image Doug. Awesome eye contact.

[Doug Brown]

<embed id="application/x-exifeverywhere" type="application/x-exifeverywhere" width="0" height="0">Thanks for the comments folks!