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This nice drake was captured at North Chagrin reserve in Oct.
Artie had mentioned on one of my previous wood duck posts, that you have to have the purple cheek patch showing, so I thought I would post this fellow
D700 500mm f/4 with 1.4 TC f/6.3 1/1600s ISO 800 -0.7 EV
Gitzo/Wimberley
Post: Convert with NX2, crop (15%), level, curves, selective sharpening in CS4.
Advice always appreciated.
Cheers
Randy
Randy, I was immediately drawn to the water drop on his chest, and at the base of him. Love the colors and his wing spread. Nicely done.
Great job capturing all the beautiful colors on the head. I'm surprised the white on the top of the bill isn't brighter on this drake. Congrats.
Thanks Grace and Bryan:
Good observation about the white on the bill. Many of my other males do show almost a bone white look, but this guy didn't. I did not do any manipulation of the bill.
I don't know if this could be an age related issue?
Perhaps someone can chime in. John perhaps?
Randy
Beautiful image with lovely wing pose and HA , Super water colors here
TFS
Great perfect profile with good balance of dark colors and light breast.
Background adds to drama.
Fantastic image!!!
A well composed image! I like the action you captured here.
Really nice image Randy! You've got the low angle, great light, nice wing position, good eye contact, and pretty water color. I do think the photo would benefit from a contrast boost. What do you think of this?
Love the original post here !! The wing position and the drops of water flying around makes it up for lovely viewing !!
Very beautiful Randy, awesome wing position and sharpness. Love this one!!!! Congrats
Great pose, loved the details, good colours and sweet light here...
Not sure what I like more.... the title of the thread or the image itself. :D
Okay, I love the image, just fantastic as is the repost!
Randy, Fantastic pose and details. I love the water color and splash.
Randy, this is beautiful. The water color, the wing display and the purple cheek. Congrats!!
Great to see you got this Randy! Perfect pose and great control of the highlights here.
Thanks everyone for the comments.
Doug - I appreciate your repost. I was so concerned about blowing the highlights, that I kept the contrast slightly soft. I think your tweak works. Thanks
Matthew - I had thought on first run through of my images from your workshop that I didn't have any really good wing flaps ( timing and positioning on my part, not lack of opportunity) , but I guess there might have been one or two in there. :)
Cheers
Randy
Really a very nice wing flap captured I love the angle .
