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    Default Female Canvasback

    Here's the female to match the male I gave you a few days ago. The females wouldn't approach as close as the males, but I was happy to catch this lady on a smooth, pastel patch of water soon after sunrise.

    Canon 600mm f/4 IS II + 1.4x III on EOS 1DX2
    1/2000 at f/5.6, ISO 640
    Processed in LR CC. Cloned out a few surface irregularities and evened out the reflective rings on the neck.

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    sweet low angle shot Dorian, sharp with good details. If mine I would reduce the brightest highlights by about 5% and warm it up a tad. another option is gently burning the highlight reflections on the water on the right border to make all the water green. light was excellent.

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    Hi Dorian, lovely image. A low POV to die for. Wonderful light, nice feather detail. Thank you for sharing.
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    Love everything about this canvas, Dorian. Killer water, details and I love the tonal range. TFS

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    Hi Dorian , another very nice low angle shot !!
    Perfect framing with a cute head turn of your subject . Nice to see you have not pushed the blacks that much , good sharpness and some fine details showing through !!
    If this was mine I might change the WB a fraction or the hue of certain colors , all seem to have a slight yellow cast to them . If you like I would also temper down the HL and 1/4 tones a fraction .... even in LR possible with the adjustment brush and a crude luminosity restriction to the suggested tonal range .

    TFS Andreas

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    She's a babe! Tone down the highlights wee bit... Excellent POV, love the strong water colors here.

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    Nice angle, I think the brightness is taste, nothing is blown, I would lower exposure just for my personal taste.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Andreas Liedmann View Post
    Hi Dorian , another very nice low angle shot !!
    Perfect framing with a cute head turn of your subject . Nice to see you have not pushed the blacks that much , good sharpness and some fine details showing through !!
    If this was mine I might change the WB a fraction or the hue of certain colors , all seem to have a slight yellow cast to them . If you like I would also temper down the HL and 1/4 tones a fraction .... even in LR possible with the adjustment brush and a crude luminosity restriction to the suggested tonal range.

    TFS Andreas
    Yeah, I thought the frame looked a bit yellow as well. The temperature straight out of the camera was 5300, but I turned it down to 5100 to try to combat the yellow problem, a change Arash keenly noted.

    In this version I dropped the overall exposure a touch (as Dan suggested), lowered the highlights a bit more, desaturated the yellow channel a bit, and shifted the yellow hue towards green. No major changes,
    but hopefully subtle tweaks to strengthen the image.

    Cheers

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    Dorian, your ducks on the water are lovely man! I dig your high standards too.

    Personally, I liked the exp in the og post. Fantastic light. Comparing them side by side, the RP feels a tad flat now; maybe just me.

    Perhaps just bringing HL down a bit or brushing spots could have been the ticket.

    TFS as always!

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    Hi Dorian .... here is my " vision " , might be a bit overboard .... but you get the idea .

    Cheers Andreas

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    I was wondering when we would get to see the female. Lovely view of this lady. Nice color in the water as well.

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