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Female Ring-necked Duck
Here's the mate to the male I posted yesterday. This time I didn't cut off the tail. Taken at Gilbert Water Ranch in Arizona Friday morning.
Nikon D7000, 200-400 f/4, 1.4 TC, @360mm. 1/1600 @f/5.6, ISO 400. This is a slight crop, not much done in post but add a little contrast and clean up the water above the bird. Had to patch a little lower right/upper right after rotating to level. Comments welcome and appreciated.
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This is really nice Ron. Excellent IQ and I like how the feathers on her side glow a bit.The hint of green iridescence in the wings is something I had not noticed before. Good low angle and as always the water droplets make this image even nicer.Nice still water. Well done,
Gail
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This is a very, very, very, very minor nitpick...the darker wave coming out from the back of
the head...seems a little annoying for me. I'd try to clone some of that out with some of
the surrounding blue.
Doug
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That's an interesting observation. Is it the dark front side of the wave that bothers you, or the brownish back side?
I went to PS and gave it a shot (on the brownish back) with the healing brush in lighten mode. It seems possible to do, but I'm not sure I can retain the smoothness that way. I'll play around with it tonight when I have more time.
Thanks for looking.
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If you go from the top of the head, on the right...that dark wave that goes from the head
to the end of the image on the right (there's a darker one about half the size right underneath it).
Doug
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Beautiful exposure and detail, great eye contact.
Jack
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Beautiful portrait, great details.
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great low angle, very sharp and nice water drops. a bit more space on the right border isn't bad
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I too thought it could use more. Unfortunately that's all I had. When I switch from the D700 to the D7000, I sometimes forget that I'm not going to get more than what I see in the viewfinder. I may give it a try to add a little -- it looks doable to me.
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Very nice shot. Real nce pose and eye contact. Excellent featehr detail and very nice soft light.
Well done.
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