Eclipse plumage...

[Michel Pilon]

Hello,

Here is a wood duck in eclipse plumage photographied in Sherbrooke, Quebec in June 2006...

When I took this picture of this wood duck, I began also in ornithology and thought it was its wedding plumage!!! I was impressed by its color... Now I know ;)

It is a full frame image and it seems to me that the bird is too squeezed within the image (not enough space in front of him)...

Next time I will try to avoid that kind of beginner error...

Thank you for commenting this picture :)

Michel

[Daniel Cadieux]

You are right in your self-critique about being (very) tight in the frame. I will also point out that the light is quite harsh here, and the reflection being abruptly cut off by the lily pad is unfortunate. J'aime bien to site web - beau travail :-)

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Nice eye contact and details. I agree on it being too tight in the frame. Could you post some techs?

[Michel Pilon]

Hello all and thank you for your nice and pertinent comments!

Yes Daniel, the lilipad is at the wrong place at wrong moment ;-)

Merci pour l'appréciation de mon site web.... C'est très apprécié... :-)


Hello Axel,

Here are the tech infos:

Camera: Panasonic FZ-20

ISO100; 1/500s; f4.6; hand-held without flash...

Cheers!

Michel