Drake Surf Scoter

Posted by Matt Filosa on Mon Feb 08, 2016 7:10 am

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The MA coast gets lots of beautiful and colorful wintering ducks. This one was taken over the weekend.

I always find it challenging to expose correctly for birds with so many colors, so feedback welcomed for sure.

Please consider opening in full view.

All comments and critiques welcomed.

Thanks for looking.

Best,

Matt

Hand-held
Canon 7D Mark II
Canon 500 f/4
f/8
1/2500
ISO 640

30% crop and basic edits in LR.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/130210383@N06/albums

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by NILADRI KARMAKAR on Mon Feb 08, 2016 11:09 am

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Superb species...would love to see little lower angle shot.

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by WOlf38 on Mon Feb 08, 2016 2:35 pm

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Beautiful duck and image, Matt!
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by James Vellozzi on Mon Feb 08, 2016 4:43 pm

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nice getting so close to the species.. well done. expsorue looks good.

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by WDCarrier on Mon Feb 08, 2016 5:44 pm

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James,
Great image of this species, any cropping? As to the multi-color exposure I've found that in cases like this, using the lasso tool and selecting the whites, then reducing the brightness a bit will bring out feather detail but no reduce much from the whites.

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by David Salem on Tue Feb 09, 2016 2:13 am

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Nice pose and exposure control on this fine frame. I like the colors and I can't believe how red the feet are. Well done

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by mikullashbee on Tue Feb 09, 2016 2:49 am

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Nice details in the darks and the whites still appear intact so i think you are fine on the exposure. Well done.

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by Matt Filosa on Wed Feb 10, 2016 9:22 am

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Thank you for the comments, everyone.

Dean - Thank you for the processing suggestions. I appreciate it. This photo is about a 30% crop. Wish I could have gotten a lower angle, but I was on a raised dock.

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by Todd Bauer on Wed Feb 10, 2016 6:02 pm

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Water sure is sweet blue. Makes the red feet really pop.

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by Axel Hildebrandt on Thu Feb 11, 2016 10:11 am

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Great find and good-looking Scoter, Matt!

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by Missy Mandel on Sun Feb 14, 2016 10:05 am

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Matt, I think you did a great job capturing this duck

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