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    Todd Levine
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    I took the kids to The Southwick Zoo in Mass yesterday and they had four Mandarin Ducks on a display. It was tough because the display was enclosed with wire but I liked this shoot. The ducks have great color.
    All comments welcome. Cropped, sharpened and alittle saturation added.

    Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark III
    Date/Time: 2010:04:30 11:28:07
    Shutter speed: 1/8000 sec
    Aperture: 3.2
    Exposure mode: Av
    Exposure compensation: +1/3
    Flash: Off
    Metering mode: Evaluative
    ISO: 1250
    Lens: EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
    Focal length: 200mm
    Subject distance: 3.6 m
    AF mode: AI Servo AF

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    Axel Hildebrandt
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    Sharpness, head angle and BG look good. I wish the light were less harsh and a lower angle would have made it even stronger. Some of the whites are overexposed.

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    Next time in bright sun try underexposing a bit to save all the whites and then setting your flash to +1 stop. See the post of last week on this technique on the blog at www.birdsasart-Blog.com
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    I like Southwick zoo very much, nice collection of birds.
    The light here is way too harsh here, agree about the flash comment.
    Great bird though...

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