Female Harlequin (I think)

Posted by hillrg on Thu Dec 18, 2003 7:33 pm

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Nanaimo, BC, Can, today

D100 500/4 1.4x 1/320s f/8 iso 200
15% crop

I waited for over an hour for this duck to work its way into the reflections in the ocean, about 50 feet from where I had set up my tripod. I did not trust the meter reading so I used sunny f/16 with a +1.7EV (winter coastal BC adjustment), which works almost all the time.

I would appreciate a confirmation on the id - my wife thinks it is a Bufflehead, but our books show Buffleheads as being grey, not brown.

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by Greg Downing on Thu Dec 18, 2003 7:37 pm

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Cute bird and the water is fantastic. This looks like a female bufflehead to me.

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by E.J. Peiker on Thu Dec 18, 2003 7:41 pm

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As Greg said, this is a nice image of a female Bufflehead...
http://www.ejphoto.com/bufflehead_page.htm

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by hillrg on Thu Dec 18, 2003 8:00 pm

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E.J. Peiker wrote:As Greg said, this is a nice image of a female Bufflehead...
http://www.ejphoto.com/bufflehead_page.htm

I had not seen your bird index before - awesome work. Thanks very much!

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by Alan Murphy on Thu Dec 18, 2003 8:11 pm

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Cool shot Rory. love the water color.

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by Sandy Mossberg on Thu Dec 18, 2003 8:51 pm

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A beauty, Rory. Psychedelic water. I'd prefer it slightly larger in the frame.

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by Jim Urbach on Thu Dec 18, 2003 9:05 pm

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Rory,

Fantastic water with neat blue wake. Now if you can entice her a little closer.

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by hillrg on Thu Dec 18, 2003 9:18 pm

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Jim Urbach wrote:Rory,

Fantastic water with neat blue wake. Now if you can entice her a little closer.

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I know - how do you guys do it? These ducks are real skittish.

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by Jill on Thu Dec 18, 2003 10:04 pm

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Rory, Wives are usually correct!! Gorgeous female Bufflehead in absolutely gorgeous water!!! I'd crop a smidge from the bottom, but leave the blue oval in LR. How they get larger ducks is beyond me, my friend !!!

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by hillrg on Thu Dec 18, 2003 11:18 pm

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Jill wrote:Rory, Wives are usually correct!! Gorgeous female Bufflehead in absolutely gorgeous water!!! I'd crop a smidge from the bottom, but leave the blue oval in LR. How they get larger ducks is beyond me, my friend !!!

Hi Jill - according to my wife, she is always right! You should have seen the smirk when I passed on the id to her from this forum.

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by LHays on Fri Dec 19, 2003 6:28 am

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Quote:
"according to my wife, she is always right! You should have seen the smirk when I passed on the id to her from this forum."

And....should it be any other way?

You have a very nice female Bufflehead for sure with water that is incredible. They are definitely skittish birds but full of personality and worth a long wait to get the right image. You did a very nice job with this little lady.

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by AlexC on Fri Dec 19, 2003 7:38 am

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Killer water reflection but would have preferred a little more bird!!, Still very nice!!! Congrats!!

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by Bill Whala on Fri Dec 19, 2003 9:08 am

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Excellent shot, Rory.

How do we get them bigger in the frame, you ask?
Wait, wait, wait.

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by BrianS on Fri Dec 19, 2003 10:02 am

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Love the water and the bird is a good plus

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by Mike Wilson on Fri Dec 19, 2003 1:33 pm