Results 1 to 6 of 6

Thread: Green winged teal

  1. #1
    BPN Member
    Join Date
    Jul 2016
    Location
    Ithaca, NY
    Posts
    10,421
    Threads
    1,708
    Thank You Posts

    Default Green winged teal

    Attached Images Attached Images
     
    This image was created at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge in Tyre, New York on 5/5/18 at 7:27AM. Image adjustments in Lightroom and Photoshop.

    Hand held, Medium crop.

    Canon 5D MarkIV
    Sigma 150-600 Contemporary
    600mm
    ISO 1600
    f8.0
    1/2500sec

  2. #2
    Lifetime Member gail bisson's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2011
    Location
    Nova Scotia
    Posts
    12,731
    Threads
    910
    Thank You Posts

    Default

    Hi John,
    I love the way you brought out the iridescence in the green head and coverts. This is key to achieving a good image of a green winged teal!
    I like the BG water and the shade of blue and the little mound the teal is standing on.
    I find the stalks very distracting and would eliminate the OOF stalk nearest to the duck. In an ideal situation, none of the stalks would be there,
    gail

  3. Thanks John Mack thanked for this post
  4. #3
    Publisher Arthur Morris's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2007
    Location
    Indian Lake Estates, FL
    Posts
    32,506
    Threads
    1,433
    Thank You Posts

    Default

    Attached Images Attached Images
     
    Nice bird in an horrific setting. Do you see a difference in the repost?

    with love, artie
    BIRDS AS ART Blog: great info and lessons, lots of images with our legendary BAA educational Captions; we will not sell you junk. 30+ years of long lens experience/e-mail with gear questions.

    BIRDS AS ART Online Store: we will not sell you junk. 35 years of long lens experience. Please e-mail with gear questions.

    Check out the new SONY e-Guide and videos that I did with Patrick Sparkman here. Ten percent discount for BPN members,

    E-mail me at samandmayasgrandpa@att.net.










  5. Thanks John Mack thanked for this post
  6. #4
    BPN Member
    Join Date
    Jul 2016
    Location
    Ithaca, NY
    Posts
    10,421
    Threads
    1,708
    Thank You Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Morris View Post
    Do you see a difference in the repost?
    Thanks Arthur,

    The birds head looks lighter.

  7. #5
    Publisher Arthur Morris's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2007
    Location
    Indian Lake Estates, FL
    Posts
    32,506
    Threads
    1,433
    Thank You Posts

    Default

    YAW. It might look better lighter still but I did not want to overdo it.

    with love, artie
    BIRDS AS ART Blog: great info and lessons, lots of images with our legendary BAA educational Captions; we will not sell you junk. 30+ years of long lens experience/e-mail with gear questions.

    BIRDS AS ART Online Store: we will not sell you junk. 35 years of long lens experience. Please e-mail with gear questions.

    Check out the new SONY e-Guide and videos that I did with Patrick Sparkman here. Ten percent discount for BPN members,

    E-mail me at samandmayasgrandpa@att.net.










  8. Thanks John Mack thanked for this post
  9. #6
    Forum Participant
    Join Date
    Apr 2018
    Location
    South Africa
    Posts
    59
    Threads
    11
    Thank You Posts

    Default

    The iridescence of the green on the wings shows up nicely and I like Artie's improvement.
    I agree with Gail and would remove the stalk just left of the bird.

  10. Thanks John Mack thanked for this post

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  
Web Analytics