American Wigeon Close Up #2

Posted by Greg Downing on Thu Dec 18, 2003 3:25 pm

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American Wigeon, New Mexico

I picked out another close-up from my wigeon shoot-out. I did a linear overlay on this one, but only on the shoulder patch.

Comments and critiques welcomed.

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by Alan Murphy on Thu Dec 18, 2003 3:35 pm

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Incredible shot Greg. Love the frozen water drops.

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by Sandy Mossberg on Thu Dec 18, 2003 4:19 pm

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Excellent shot, Greg. I like the pose. I just got some shots of a Chiloe Wigeon (a South American cousin) at Crandon Park.

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by Bill Whala on Thu Dec 18, 2003 4:31 pm

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Sweet!!! I love the detail in the water drops on his bill. That usually doesn't show at web posting size. Gotta love that preening pose.

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by Mike Wilson on Thu Dec 18, 2003 4:32 pm

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Oh boy, this is a lovely composition. I like these preening shots. The yin-yan symbol on its head is cool too. I was shooting a pair of AW at Santee Lakes yesterday afternoon. It's going to be a great year for duck photography.

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by Campbell on Thu Dec 18, 2003 4:57 pm

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Excellent shot Greg!

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by Anthony Medici on Thu Dec 18, 2003 5:39 pm

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Very nice. Is this before or after you tried to go swimming with your gear?

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by E.J. Peiker on Thu Dec 18, 2003 6:14 pm

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Interesting composition - one that I like very much. A very pretty specimen too.

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by Jim Urbach on Thu Dec 18, 2003 6:54 pm

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Greg,

Love the pose of his head and the water drops, but I 'd favor a crop to a vertical. There's so much of the body showing but not the whole body and I think it detracts from the best portion of your image.

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by Harvey Edelman on Thu Dec 18, 2003 6:58 pm

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Unusual preening shot and well conceived.

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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Thu Dec 18, 2003 8:05 pm

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Wonderful shot. Sharp with great detail. Love the green iridescence.

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by Jill on Thu Dec 18, 2003 10:23 pm

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Fantastic image, Greg !!! I love the comp, details and water beads!! My small nit is lack of detail in the hip patch. Happy holidays!!

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by Michael Eckstein on Thu Dec 18, 2003 10:51 pm

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Perfect in every respect!!! One of the best waterfowl shots I've seen!

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by LHays on Fri Dec 19, 2003 6:42 am

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This is gorgeous.....especially the pose. I have always heard of linear conversions but have never tried one. Is there an article somewhere that tells how to do it?

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by AlexC on Fri Dec 19, 2003 7:44 am

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As good as it gets exposure wise, lovely bird to boot!!!

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by Greg Downing on Fri Dec 19, 2003 9:38 am

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LHays wrote:Greg
This is gorgeous.....especially the pose. I have always heard of linear conversions but have never tried one. Is there an article somewhere that tells how to do it?

Lana, as far as doing a linear conversion on it's own, it as simple as a regular conversion. You just need to choose "linear" in you conversion program. I did write a short article on combining them here:

http://www.naturescapes.net/092003/gd0903.htm

The steps I took for this image were the same as the article, except everything was done in 16 bit mode, since PS CS now allows it. In this shot I selected the white area on the side of the bird, inversed the selection, and history brushed the remainder of the image back out because I didn't need the linear overlay on those areas.

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by BrianS on Fri Dec 19, 2003 10:07 am

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Initimate and lovely.

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by Carol Clarke on Fri Dec 19, 2003 11:06 am

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Beautiful Greg,

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by Laura Stiefel on Sat Dec 20, 2003 12:42 am