Gadwall couple

[dankearl]

Nikon D7000
600MM (300 W/ 2X)
iso400
f7.1
1/250


DSC_4926nx.jpg

[Arthur Morris]

Great to get the pair. Light angle is a bit off leaving part of the left side of each bird a bit in shadow. You can open those areas up in a variety of ways. Best would be Tim Grey's non-destructive Dodge and Burn as described in Digital Basics. I used that technique on Jon's excellent buzzard just above. Do you have the rest of the head reflections?

[Randy Stout]

Dan:

Nice job capturing both in about the same plane. Although I often like the light angle off a bit to add some shadow detail, I do wish I could see the eye better on the left bird.
Nice matching poses, well exposed.

Will be interesting to see your rework if you choose to do so.

Cheers

Randy

[arash_hazeghi]

nice low angle Dan, I agree with Artie that off-axis light is working against you here especially for the one on the left of us. the head of the right ducks seems a bit soft you may want to try sharpening it...

overall I like the duck shots more when the whole body is parallel to the back of the camera. TFS

[Stu Bowie]

Dan, I like the similar swimming poses, and I agree with Arash regarding sharpening the right hand duck's head.