American Wigeon Part II

[Doug Brown]

Here is the companion to the female wigeon I posted the other day. I really liked the pose this male struck for me.



Canon 50D, 400mm, f/8, 1/4000, ISO 800, no flash, hand held

[John Chardine]

Beautiful Doug. Love the colour and eye detail, and the action. The tone of the BG really nicely complements/matches the pinkish tones of the bird (it's amazing and almost magical how often this seems to happen!).

Interested in the ISO 800 on the 50D. Can't see any noise in the image. Did you do any reduction? Is ISO 800 equal to ISO 400 on the 40D?

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Very nice capture in lovely lighting and excellent detail. Good low angle and the open beak is a nice bonus. Lovely capture Doug.

[Matthew Studebaker]

Nice composition and pose!

[bill kominsky]

Beautifully done Doug, great shot.

Bill

[Pramod Viswanath]

Fantastic image Doug. Love the colors here. Open beak and great details makes this image for me!

[Daniel Cadieux]

Doug, this is fantastic. I saw a few of these yesterday but they kept turning their backs on me and swimming far away... ;-)

[Ramon M. Casares]

I love gthe monocrome feel on this one, the pose and comp as the reflextion are very nice. open bill is a plus as Judy said and colours look great, maybe it could be lighten a bit, not sure though. Congratulations!

[Tony Whitehead]

This is lovely, Doug - the pair would make a lovely set of prints for display.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Hi Doug! as I have mentioned before, I am not a duck-lover, but your duck images are something else!
Great details, BG, and the open beak adds a lot to this picture, congrats.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Beautiful Doug. Love the colour and eye detail, and the action. The tone of the BG really nicely complements/matches the pinkish tones of the bird (it's amazing and almost magical how often this seems to happen!).
This is a good question!
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Interested in the ISO 800 on the 50D. Can't see any noise in the image. Did you do any reduction? Is ISO 800 equal to ISO 400 on the 40D?

am also interested in this camera and Doug makes it sound like is a great choice.:D
I hope to see more of your duck images.

[James Salywoda]

I love the calling pose you captured another excellent shot of this species. Well Done!

[Juan Aragonés]

wow, the pose of the male is fantastic. The open beak and the superb eye contact are really good.

[Simon Bennett]

Wonderful quqcking pose, also like the sharde colours of bird and background.