Motif:Autumn. Celebrating the Triumphant Return of Autumn...

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Hi Folks!
Another one for the autumnal motif...:)
40D 100-400 @ 350mm
ISO 400
AV F9 1/100 sec
Exp comp +0.7
Saturated (esp the yellow channel) the already late afternoon sun-soaked reeds in the BG. Not too much else.
Look forward to your c & c's!
Best regards to all,
Nicki

[Jackie Schuknecht]

I just weak around a bit. Killer BG again. Love to know how you did that. Just took a bit of blue out of the beak, and lightened the head a little. My .02

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Hi Jackie,
The head looks a little light on my monitor now, but I'm on my laptop at the moment!
The background was a clump of reeds that were being lit by late afternoon sun. They were far enough behind the duck that with an aperture of F9 they appeared as a blur of colour. As far as I can remember (which is not very much of anything!!!) I just kept pushing up the saturation (esp the yellow channel) until I was happy that the BG was as dynamic as it could be. If I think of anything else that I did in PS I'll let you know, but I think that is more about finding a good BG in the field and hoping that a willing subject comes your way!!
Hope this helps and thanks for taking the time to download and tweak!
Regards,
Nicki

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Lady Nicki,
A fine looking bird you got here. I like it as presented. I like the bold punched up colors...good show...:cool:

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Big congrats Nicki. Excellent colors and awesome background. I like Jackie's re post, specially the eye.
Regards,

[denise ippolito]

Hi Nicki,
I love the bright colors. It's refreshing

[Alfred Forns]

That is one funky duck and the bg is over the top !!! Might take some form the right side !!! I like it a lot !! Would make a great print !!!

[Harold Davis]

love the bg, nicki!!! agree about cropping a little off the left.....only enough to crop out the off color blob in the lrc.