Wood Duck in Flight

Posted by Steve Cirone on Fri Oct 07, 2005 9:58 am

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Wood Duck. Aix sponsa. Male breeding plumage.

Santee, California. Oct. 1, 2005. 5pm.

Mark 2, 500f4, ISO 250, manual metering, f5.6 @ 1/2000th, hand held.

I have been working on these guys in flight for quite some time and have been plagued by junky backgrounds and excessive distance. I know the tail is all dark and that bugs me, but I was happy to get good light on the face.

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by pleverington on Fri Oct 07, 2005 10:09 am

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not easy to get these for sure. You'll definitly have to shoot these guys on a less contrasty lit day and personally I like something--anything in the bacround to give a relative feel.

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by Ofer Levy on Fri Oct 07, 2005 10:23 am

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Excellent shot Steve! :) I love the details in the wing and you even nailed the metallic sheen on the head - very well done!!

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by Terence P. Brashear on Fri Oct 07, 2005 10:39 am

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Excellent action and the detail is great. I see a very faint halo around the bird which you might be able to eliminate.

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by Doron-Hoffman on Fri Oct 07, 2005 11:17 am

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Excellent action shot, wonderful details and gorgeous colors :)

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by Haim Ziv on Fri Oct 07, 2005 12:02 pm

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Amazing detail on flight action. Beautiful :) :)

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by Gerald J Romanchuk on Fri Oct 07, 2005 12:42 pm

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Great underwing detail Steve! The lighting is a bit harsh, but I'd take a sharp flight shot of this duck anytime.

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by mrhughj on Fri Oct 07, 2005 12:46 pm

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Perfect wing position, Steve!!

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by F5 on Fri Oct 07, 2005 3:33 pm

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Great shot!

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by jhapeman on Fri Oct 07, 2005 4:12 pm

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Great capture. The lighting works for me; it's amazing how nicely you captured the bird--sharp, well-exposed, nicely framed.

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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Fri Oct 07, 2005 6:36 pm

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Steve,

Very nice flight shot. I like the wing position and the colors that you captured in the head. Well done.

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by KK Hui on Fri Oct 07, 2005 6:47 pm

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Impressive particularly the wing detail, Steve!
Some halo seen around the bird probably due to S/H tool action ...

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by Larry Kaufman on Fri Oct 07, 2005 8:48 pm

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Great flight shot with fantastic Head/Wing detail and color Steve. You've already mentioned my only nit.

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by Vince Thomas on Fri Oct 07, 2005 8:53 pm

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Steve this is great... Your work is paying off. Tough subject, if you'd exposed for the shadowed tail you'd have blown the whites in the face and wing... given the conditions I think this is perfect.

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by Scott Fairbairn on Sat Oct 08, 2005 8:31 am

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Great capture, I really like that wing. The dark tail should be easy to brighten up in PS. :)

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by AForns on Sat Oct 08, 2005 3:18 pm

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Outstanding image Steve !!!! Even the head position is perfect !!! Big Congrats !!!!

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by Ivan on Sat Oct 08, 2005 3:40 pm

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Excellent flight shot - excellent details and colours! :)

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by jim daniel on Sat Oct 08, 2005 6:07 pm

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Very nice shot. The tail, as you know, is very dark anyway - so it doesn't take away from the image. You have adequate space for him to fly into and you have him tack sharp. For me, it works, really works. Thanks for sharing.

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by Campbell on Sat Oct 08, 2005 11:43 pm

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I like the wing detail.

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by Mike Wilson on Sun Oct 09, 2005 2:23 am

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Congratulations Steve. I know how hard you have worked on getting these boys in flight. Not an easy task for sure. A little steep on the angle but the detail on the underwing and those colors, sweeeet stuff my friend....

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