From Saturday morning at Barnegat. 1D mark IV, 800 f5.6, tripod mounted. iso 320, f8, 1/1000 shot in manual mode. I removed some distracting water spray drops on the left side of the bird.
Herb
www.herbhoughton.com
Harlequin Duck
From Saturday morning at Barnegat. 1D mark IV, 800 f5.6, tripod mounted. iso 320, f8, 1/1000 shot in manual mode. I removed some distracting water spray drops on the left side of the bird.
Herb
www.herbhoughton.com
Love the blue BG, feather texture, HA. Well done, Herb.
I'm very envious - haven't even seen a Harlequin yet, nevermind capture an image.
Did you blur the land FG? Surprised it's so de-focused at f8.
Thanks Allen. The blurred foreground was rendered this way naturally, as the foreground was about 15 feet closer to me than the duck was. If I raised my angle, other duck's parts would begin to enter the frame. I was less than 35 feet from the birds and they were quite spooky, so I opted not to move around too much.Originally Posted by Allen Hirsch
Fantastic exposure, sharpness and HA. Very nice details.
Minor wish is that the oof foreground wasn't there and that the feet were fully visible, but you definitely did great with the conditions presented.
I would probably remove the specular (?) highlights bottom right.
Nice work. TFS.
Sharp, with a nice pose and head angle. Though there is some minor clipping in the whites those were probably introduced when you created the JPEG. A bit tight in the frame for me with high contrast due to the bright sun and detail-less whites on the cheek patch.
Ran a Linear Burn there and added 100 points of Yellow to the Whites to lose the Blue there. Then reduced contrast. Hope that it does not look too flat....
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I understand your predicament about introducing other ducks into the frame, but did you take some with the feet clear from the BG too? I love the watery edge in front of the foot. I'd go somewhere between the two as far as the white cheek patch goes.
Herb, A beautiful shot of this duck. I like the stretched neck and turned head. Sharp and well exposed. I vote for somewhere in between the two posts.Sorry I missed you.
Thanks for the comments and suggestions. Thanks Art for the linear burn on the cheek patch.
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