Another one from Cleveland. Just for giggles. I was amused by this pair of turtles. They stared in rapt attention at this female wood duck for probably ten minutes. I took a number of shots to try and get the best combination of poses. This was my favorite, even the head angle of the male isn't great. The sun angle was well to the left, and I used fill flash to help even it out a bit.
D700 500mm with 1.4 TC f/13 1/320s ISO 1000 Manual exposure Gitzo/Wimberley
Post: Curves, selective sharpening, a bit of clean up of the water.
Advice and comments always appreciated.
It just makes me smile, hope it does the same for you!
I really like the poses of both turtles and ducks. Great that they are both on one leg. I'd like to see the drake's head in the reflection, but may not have been possible. I wonder if you might want to tone down the bright bit of wood between the hen and turtle. Well done!
Ah yes it made me smile and I can think of many captions.
The turtles have rapt attention ,but the ducks can not be bothered.
Background color a plus.
Of course as you stated head angle not there ,and feel if both head angles had been similar but not perfect would make it stronger.
Loved looking at the image.
Andrew:
I have already done a multiply blend selection on the area you mentioned! It was really hot. I will look at it further
Stephen:
Yes, I did clone out some debris there, and didn't blend the clone mark well enough. Good pickup!
Charles:
Its funny you mentioned about titles. I had several, but thought this one was the simplest. I would be happy to hear any of your ideas on that as well!
I have a number of shots of this combination, several with better head angles, but not with both birds on one leg. May sort through them again.
Randy, this put a smile on my face too! Good comp overall, and I don't mind the side light in this case (the fill flash did help out as you point out). I would go ahead and remove the leaf in its entirety beside the drake's head. Good pano crop:cool:
Simon Says - Stand on one leg!
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