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    Default An Explosion of Autumn Colours.

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    Male Wood Duck in fresh breeding plumage + crazy "painted" water reflecting fall tree colours = autumn scene at its' peak! The water was beautifully lit, but the subjects were in heavy shade so I pulled out the flash and used it as main light on the ducks.

    Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/640s., f/8, ISO 1600, flash as main light on the duck @ + 1.7 FEC, BG naturally lit, full-frame, darkened the pupil to rid of "steel eye".

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    Love the colors in this!
    Water is so beautiful.
    Great exposure and good comp.
    Would never have known you used flash,
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    Lovely Wood Duck... the reflected fall colors really add to the image. Exposure and detail look good. Thank you for sharing, Dan.
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    Superb colors. The swirly water is wonderful. Nice flash use.

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    Well done Dan, the flash made a wonderful difference evening out the darks. Colors are to die for and the swirled water effect is pretty. Ann

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    This is pretty much perfect Dan. The pose, eye contact, colors of the bird and water are all great. Don't see how you could have made this any better. Nice to see someone else posting some shots with flash. I think it is the most under used tools by bird photographers.

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    Hi Dan, love the variety of colours in this. Both the Duck and the water, although both very colourful, they still seem to stand out against each other. Great detail and sharpness on the Duck, and a good HA to round it off. Well done with the subtle use of flash.

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    Beautiful riot of colours...Lovely detail captured on the bird and BG. Love the movement on the water..

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    Killer water. Nice balance of some black detail without burning out the whites.

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    Wicked, wicked water. I wish for a bit more room below the bird.

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    Hi Daniel. At first I thought this was a Mandarin duck, but that's a native of China/Japan, but related to the wood duck. Fantastic colours, and the water is really nice. TFS

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    The flash balances very well with the water. The color of the water is great. How do you mount your flash?

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    Thanks a stack guys!! John, I simply mount my 580ex flash directly on the hotshoe. With the 500mm lens I remove the lens hood to prevent the domed shadow on the bottom of the frame.

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