Hi Randy Thanks for that. I reckon it would be about 4 degrees. I arrived when it was still dark and it seemed to get colder when the sun showed. We are always a lot colder than London. We got heavy snow for the first time today, but it didn't last
Will
Last edited by William Dickson; 11-29-2015 at 05:04 PM.
Handsome bird, nicely captured. I like where you placed him in the frame, and the fact that you left him relatively small to show more of the lovely loch color. I guess this must be a Eurasian Wigeon, which causes a stir among birders when one shows up over here. Different from our American Wigeon, and looks different from the Eurasian Wigeon shown in my book, but perhaps he's midway between breeding and non-breeding plumage. Or maybe a different Wigeon altogether. In any case, nice shot.
Hi Will, I do like the swimming pose of the Widgeon, together with the varied colours on him. Lovely calm water, and the blues of the wake really pop nicely from the yellow colours of the surrounding waters. Unless you may have already adjusted the rotation, as posted now, it looks fine to me. If you changed the rotation, we ask that you leave the OP, and post a RP with the adjustments, so we can the differences and changes.
Very attractive shot I like the colours very much. I may lift the darker areas of the head and neck a little just to see if there is a little more detail forthcoming. If the crop isn't big I would crop a little more, I appreciate the ambience you wanted to capture but I think the duck is just a little small in the frame.
Thanks for the comments, appreciated as always. Steve, Jon, the crop was a fair size, although not too big. Stu, I never touched the OP, although I can see where Randy is coming from. The trail of water behind the duck does go uphill a degree or 2 at the most. Randy's eyes must be better than ours Stu