Here's a Tufted Duck shot during a recent project i did on our winter Duck species.
greetings,
Jeroen Stel
Canon Eos 1D Mark IV
Shutter speed: 1/125 sec
Aperture: F 5.6
Exposure mode: AV
Exposure compensation: - 2/3
Flash:no
Flash exposure compensation:
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: AI Focus
ISO: 500
Lens: Canon 600mm F4
Focal length:780 mm
AF mode: Auto Focus
On beanbag from car window
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja/Home stewed Sharpening-mix/ Adobe Photoshop CS5
Beautiful image and Tufted Duck. Very nice comp. with the colors, BG, and ripples. I agree with Jeff, a marvelous job on capturing the iridescence of the plumage. Maybe just a bit more room on top, but very, very well done!
Great composition Jeroen! Although the reflecting isn't perfect I think it adds nicely to the overall image. The background is great as well!
You've inspired me to dig through my Tufted Duck images!
Very well done Jeroen. Beautiful colors and comp. I wounder if you might be able to get even more of the color by opening up the blacks on the bird slightly.
TFS
Todd
Beautiful capture. I've never seen the irridescence show so well. And the pose and comp are lovely, with just the right separation between bill and body. Nicely done.
Beautiful image Jeroen,colours exposure and light are great. Like the ripples in the water and droplets on the duck. I might consider a crop to just below the wing in the reflection to focus more attention on the lovely image of the duck.
Thanks for your comments!
To Kaustubh: The street where this stream is placed next to is very low and a dike is keeping the water from overflowing the street that is why i like this place a lot to photograph from the car at this low angle.