Motif: Wood Duck Drake

Posted by Sheri Whala on Wed Sep 24, 2003 8:05 pm

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I know that this photo has some problems, one being the high shooting angle. The main problem was the bank is so high that it is tuff to get much lower but I wonder if I would have gotten the colors as well had I been lower. The whites are somewhat toast and I should have had my flash with me to fill in a bit. But I love the colors and decided to share even with the problems.

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Tv @1/400, f7.1, Eval @-1/3, ISO 400
Handheld
Cropped about 20%

Any comments appreciated!! Thanks for looking!

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by Rich S on Wed Sep 24, 2003 8:19 pm

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I think you have your own critique. The whites are a bit over and fill flash might have opened up the shadows in the neck. But the colors are spectacular and the swirls in the water are a nice complement to the duck.

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by AlexC on Wed Sep 24, 2003 8:40 pm

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Who cares about the whites!!!! So they are a little over!!! BIG DEAL!!!!
But what a mug on that Woody, plus a belly full of Chroma!!!!
Triple Yummy to me!!!! Congrats!!!

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by Ken Newcombe on Wed Sep 24, 2003 8:41 pm

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Sheri,

The BG makes this shot, whites are hot as you mention, perhaps a linear conversion could help assuming a raw file was saved.

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by NDCheryl on Wed Sep 24, 2003 8:49 pm

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I agree the swirly colors in the BG make the shot. Certainly makes up for the hot spots on the duck.. Lovely portrait and I would be happy to have it in my files.

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by T Williams on Wed Sep 24, 2003 9:03 pm

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Sheri, the white areas don't bother me at all. I find myself looking at all the color, and am totally intrigued by that water. Nice!!

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by Anthony Medici on Wed Sep 24, 2003 9:48 pm

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I'll go with your self critique. Thanks for saving me the time.

Love the colors and the pattern in the background!

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by Alan Murphy on Wed Sep 24, 2003 10:00 pm

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Sheri,

When the whites are this small of a percentage of the whole image, I say, let them go. The more you crop in, the less the high angle is noticeable. I think you did great here. Beautiful photo.

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by Dennis Olivero on Wed Sep 24, 2003 10:09 pm

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Sheri:
You did good, very good...I love that water, and the woody is gorgeous!

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by Jill on Wed Sep 24, 2003 10:13 pm

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Sheri, You nailed the colors of this drake and the water as well. Thanks for sharing!!!

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by Sandy Mossberg on Wed Sep 24, 2003 10:35 pm

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I agree with your critique, Sheri, but nevertheless a lovely image.

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by E.J. Peiker on Wed Sep 24, 2003 10:45 pm

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Very nice Shari! Duck in green water with white is almost always a -2/3 to -1 exposure with the Canon DSLR's. You then extract shadow detail with a curves adjustment. I'll show you what I mean in CA

We will have plentuy of opportunity to work on Dynamic Range compression on the Buffelheads!

But all is not lost with this photo. Go back to the RAW file and do a Linear RAW conversion and then combine it with the Normal conversion and you will gain back quite a bit of white detail.

Here is a link to an article on how to do that:
http://www.naturescapes.net/092003/gd0903.htm

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by Jim Probst on Thu Sep 25, 2003 12:00 am

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Sheri,

The colors and composition are magnificent! Great work!

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by Carol Clarke on Thu Sep 25, 2003 3:06 am

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Hi Sheri, You have done your own critique so I won't even go there! What I will say is - this is a stunning shot and captures all the gorgeous colours and character of this little guy and that BG really puts this one in the 'special' category.

Stunning!

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by LHays on Thu Sep 25, 2003 3:56 am

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Sheri
Whites....what whites? I'm too busy admiring the vivid colors, water, and detail of this beauty. I love this one! You're doing great with digital....keep it up!!

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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Thu Sep 25, 2003 5:28 am

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Sheri,

Beautiful work. The colors and water more than make up for any of the nits here.

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by Jim Urbach on Thu Sep 25, 2003 7:56 am

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Sheri, Good self critique. The swirling water and colors are super.

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by Laura Stiefel on Thu Sep 25, 2003 8:31 am

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In spite of your critique I still this this is a very nice image! All the variations of color presented here are just amazing and the water is wonderful. Any shots I have of a woody with my 400mm lens show a colorful spec in the distance.

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by Harvey Edelman on Thu Sep 25, 2003 8:43 am

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Excellent! The swirl patterns created by the water are stunning.

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by joseph motto on Thu Sep 25, 2003 8:54 am

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Sheri,
We should all have problems like this. These birds are so beautiful that it is very easy (for me, at least) to look past some minor nits.

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