Wood Duck

[Joseph Przybyla]

Recently Daniel Cadieux posted a Wood Duck Image commenting on how gorgeous the males are in Canada this time of year, the same is true for Florida. I captured this image at Lake Morton in Lakeland, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED, image captured at 400mm
1/1600 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV +1/3 ISo 320 Auto 1 WB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2020 and Neat Image for noise reductioin
Cropped for composition and presentation

P.S. Learn more about Lake Morton in the BAA Middle Florida Photography Site Guide that Artie and I co-authored. It is available on the Birds As Art Online Store.

[David Roach]

Yes sir, these are beautiful wherever you find them... Love this canvas overall. TFS

[Randy Stout]

Joe:

Very nice capture of an interesting pose, esp, the nice purple display on the head, and the lifted tail. Good shooting angle, birds angle in the frame.

The whites are just a bit dull for me, many of them in the 200 range. I know it is hard to hold them with this bird, but I usually shoot for 225-235 if possible.

Cheers

Randy

[Daniel Cadieux]

Looks like they look great no matter where at this time! Nice perky pose, and nice colours. I do think the fine detail is not as crisp as it could be, as posted. Happy New Year Joe!

[John Mack]

Nice pose and i like the ripples in the water. You caught the sheen very well.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Looks like they look great no matter where at this time! Nice perky pose, and nice colours. I do think the fine detail is not as crisp as it could be, as posted. Happy New Year Joe!

Hi Dan, thank you for viewing and commenting, much appreciated. Here is a edit and repost. I had lowered the contrast in the original post, looking back at it the blue water looks muddy so in this repost I raised the contrast. It also brought the whites to the level that Randy mentions in his comments.