Bufflehead

[Kerry Perkins]

Caught this little guy today at a local park. There were lots of coots, wigeons, mallards, and geese, but only two little buffleheads. Converted in DPP. Used L*a*b color space in PS to bring out the irridescent colors in the head.

50D, EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS + 1.4x @ 280mm
Aperture priority, f/5.6@1/2000, evaluative metering EC -1 2/3 ISO 200 AWB
AI Servo autofocus using back button, HH, 580EX II FEC 0 E-TTL mode Evaluative

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Kerry good HA and colours in the Head area, looks a little bit oversharpened??? Might try a surface blur on the water to smooth it out a bit.

[Kerry Perkins]

Thanks Jackie. I think my eyes are going south... Hope it's just for the winter. :o

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Kerry,
Agree with Lady Jackie...also would have liked to have seen a lower capture angle if possible, and you need to tone down the 255 white zone on the bottom of the duck's breast...looking forward to your next one...:cool: I like it...:)

[Lance Peters]

Hi Kerry - agree with the above comments - you will recover the whites a little - a lower angle would have put it over the top. keep them coming :)

[Harold Davis]

i agree with all of the above kerry. beautiful birds!! cant wait to see some more from you.

[Alfred Forns]

Great techs !!!! Can only add I would take a little of the bottom Really nice Kerry !!!

[Oscar Zangroniz]

All techs covered by the experts. Great eye contact and head angle.

[D.J. McNeil]

As for the bird, you did a great job of capturing its natural beauty. That IS what you were going for, right? You did that much! Thumbs up on that!