we carefully researched this in our bird guide - (i need to remember not to just look under "ducks" ) and are pretty sure this is a female lesser scaup
canon 7d, 400mm f/4 DO, manual at 1/1000 sec at f/5.6, iso 400, 0EV
cropped a little in LR, added contrast, clarity and vibrance
NR on background in CS5, and a little S/H and selective Unsharp mask
advice and suggestions for improvement always appreciated
Last edited by pat lillich; 12-29-2010 at 08:34 PM.
I like this a lot, Pat. Nice detail, light, color and water drops. My only nit-pick would be to remove the white spot in the center of the head. Good job getting that much body above the rolling water.
Best wishes for the New year.
Peter
thanks Peter, I was so focused on its strange eye, that I didn't even notice the spot! reposted with the white spot removed.
hope you have a wonderful new year too.
Very nice composition and exposure. Color tones are working out great and look very natural.
A good head angle would have improved this image and taken it to next level.
Yes, coming towards you always beats moving away from you. It looks to me like you hit more detail on the back then on the eye/head areas. You might give that section a little more selective sharpening and see what you think.
Love the colors in this and those drops of water on his back are perfect! Nicely done!
Lesser Scaup
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