Wood Duck Hen

Posted by Sheri Whala on Thu Oct 30, 2003 11:13 pm

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Wood Duck Hen Aix sponsa

This was taken last month at a small park in Littleton. Since then all the Wood Ducks have left.

I can hardly wait for them to come back. At this lake it is very hard to get a low angle with a shorter lens. I think this hen may have been one of the little ones we photographed earlier this year.

Canon 10D
100.0-400.0mm @ 400.0mm
1/500 sec, f/8.0
Mode: Av
Metering: Evaluative
Exp comp: -2/3
ISO: 400

Thanks for looking! Any comments appreciated!

Sheri Whala
Littleton, CO
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by Wayne Ellis on Thu Oct 30, 2003 11:54 pm

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Nice image Sheri.

Comments and reposts welcome

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by Brian L. Zwiebel on Fri Oct 31, 2003 5:03 am

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Hi Sheri,

Nice water and exposure. Could you tell what the green thing is she has in her bill?

I know what you are saying about the angle but this doesn't look bad. A friend put me onto a great place to photograph ducks from a marina. Only problem is you are forced to shoot from 8 feet above the water. Even at 1,000mm it isn't a great angle, birds come close enough to shoot @ 400mm but those are top shos!!

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by LHays on Fri Oct 31, 2003 7:05 am

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I'll take what I can get when they are this beautiful. Now...Bill....are you listening?......the woman needs a 500mmL IS.....you got that?
I'll trade you 2 Greater Yellowlegs and 3 Dunlin for this duck? Great job!

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by Alan Murphy on Fri Oct 31, 2003 8:01 am

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Sheri,

Love that little dabbling action she has going on. The face looks a little hot while the tail looks a little dark. Geat detail and the water is beautiful.

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by AlexC on Fri Oct 31, 2003 10:22 am

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Nice bird, great water , slightly overexposed on the whites and a tad contrasty, not the best angle for a pose, but still wonderful!! Congrats!!

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by Bill Whala on Fri Oct 31, 2003 11:11 am

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I think that with all things considered, this is a very nice shot. The light at this park is miserable to predict. Even with the digital its a real crap shoot. The iridescence on the top of her head wouldn't have happened if the exposure was exactly right. The white eye-ring doesn't have enough detail in it anyway to forego the colorful head feathers.

Could you tell what the green thing is she has in her bill?

It was a leaf. We have shots of her with it hanging from her bill.

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by E.J. Peiker on Fri Oct 31, 2003 11:20 am

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It's a very nice shot with beautiful water. It's probably about 1/3 stop overexposed which is exactly what I would expect for white on dark green -0 that is virtually always a -1 compensation on Canon DSLR's. -2/3 on film would be just about right.

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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Fri Oct 31, 2003 1:32 pm

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Sheri,

Nice shot. I like the dabbling action. I think you made a good compromise with the exposure, especially since the white area is such a small part of the image.

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by Jim Urbach on Fri Oct 31, 2003 8:52 pm