I've told the story before, but many here may not have heard it. Before the holidays I was watching and photographing a pair of mallards. The male had what appeared to be a broken wing, but was foraging and swimming just fine. His mate wouldn't leave his side and I have several images of her "standing guard over him. She even caught a fish and was brining it to him when a gull came and snatched it away.
I decided that a dedicated duck like her deserved a special close up. I was going for something intimate and creative on this shot.
All I did was a tiny crop as it was almost full frame already, plus a bit of sharpening and a curves adjustment for contrast.
Full EXIF Info Date/Time18-Dec-2007 14:49:11 MakeNikon ModelNIKON D300 Flash UsedNo Focal Length600 mm Exposure Time1/250 sec Aperturef/6.3 ISO Equivalent400
Last edited by Jim Poor; 01-05-2008 at 08:34 PM.
Reason: Edited to lower file size
Thanks everyone.
I wonder if the noisy look comes from the fact that I had to use a quality setting of "3" to get it down below the 150Kb.
I also didn't start over from the tif when I went from 750 to 800 pixels as I didn't think such a small change would make a difference :(