Gadwall and reflections

Posted by Wayne Nicholas on Mon Jan 05, 2004 11:27 pm

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Gadwall (Anas strepera)

Here is a chance shot I got of the male of a pair of Gadwall that were hiding in a small creek along Town Lake in Austin. This is the only one that gave me the reflections I was wanting, with the exception of the reflection of the white bridge pillar in the left corner. My only decent Gadwall shot to date. Thanks for looking.

EOS 10D, EF 500/4 IS on Tripod w/ Wimberley Head
ISO 400
Evaluative metering -1/3 for 1/250 @ f/8
flash @ -2/3 w/o BB

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by Jill on Tue Jan 06, 2004 12:53 am

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He's a handsome devil, Wayne, and you've done him proud!!! I'm especially enamored with his wing patches; excellent details and very sharp indeed!!!

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by Alan Murphy on Tue Jan 06, 2004 2:39 am

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Wayne, a wonderful photo. I do wish the white reflection was not there.

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by Carol Clarke on Tue Jan 06, 2004 4:47 am

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Sweet shot Wayne, handsome duck and good detail and colours. Nice one!

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by Jim Urbach on Tue Jan 06, 2004 4:56 am

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Wayne,

Beautiful looking gadwall. Great light and head turn. With some PS work the white could be cloned out for a neat print.

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by LHays on Tue Jan 06, 2004 5:02 am

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Wayne
Glad to see you posting here. This is a very nice Gadwall. I think they're hard to get right both shooting and with PS.....you did a fine job with both. He has wonderful colors and detail. It would take some work but you could clone out the white.

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by fredcor on Tue Jan 06, 2004 7:08 am

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Very nice capture. Timed well, the bird looks very alert.

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by Bill Whala on Tue Jan 06, 2004 10:21 am

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Excellent habitat shot. The white is only a minor distraction.

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by Rob Palmer on Tue Jan 06, 2004 11:12 am

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When I first looked, I never noticed the white reflection. The overall image is very nice. A keeper in my book!

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by E.J. Peiker on Tue Jan 06, 2004 11:33 am

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This is a gorgeous Gadwall and its great to see the colors on the wings.

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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Tue Jan 06, 2004 4:04 pm

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Wayne,

This is a beautiful photograph. The colors in the wing make this a special image.

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by David Jernigan on Tue Jan 06, 2004 6:30 pm

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I like the reflection, nice sharp image, the bridge reflection does not bother me.

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by Mike Wilson on Tue Jan 06, 2004 7:17 pm

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Beautiful colors and light on him. I hope to get something this good this winter with a Gadwall. I haven't had good luck with them.

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by Cliff Beittel on Tue Jan 06, 2004 8:01 pm

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Very nice, especially the wings colors. The white doesn't bother me at all--wouldn't have guessed the source was manmade. Shooting just a fraction later would have made this even better, putting the bird's head in the clear, between the stems of the emergent vegetation in the background.

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by Juan E. Bahamon on Tue Jan 06, 2004 11:21 pm

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I love the saturated colrs. Congratulations.

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by Wayne Nicholas on Wed Jan 07, 2004 8:08 pm

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Cliff Beittel wrote:Very nice, especially the wings colors. The white doesn't bother me at all--wouldn't have guessed the source was manmade. Shooting just a fraction later would have made this even better, putting the bird's head in the clear, between the stems of the emergent vegetation in the background.

A point I should have seen in the field. One more lesson learned. Thanks, Cliff.

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by AlexC on Wed Jan 07, 2004 8:14 pm

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Lovely duck and great reflection!!
Congrats!!

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