Common Merganser

Posted by Carol Clarke on Wed Jan 07, 2004 8:03 am

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Common Merganser

EOS300D, Sigma 100-300 F4 + 1.4 TC. 550EX + BB @ -1, F8

Another shot from our recent visit to the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust Reserve on the West coast. This is a close up of the Merganser I posted a while back.

All comments and critiques always welcome and appreciated and thanks for looking.

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by Harvey Edelman on Wed Jan 07, 2004 8:22 am

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Very good exposure and placement in the frame. Excellent detail too!

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by fredcor on Wed Jan 07, 2004 8:22 am

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WOW, how do you get so close? You must divulge your secret! The whites are good, the head detail is great and for me the eye is just right. Very pleasing image.

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by Carol Clarke on Wed Jan 07, 2004 8:29 am

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Thanks for your kind comments guys! - sorry Lat I should have said I used a 1.4TC too!! I will amend details now, and as you know - you can wait for hours to get a decent close up!! - usually days or weeks in my case

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by LHays on Wed Jan 07, 2004 8:32 am

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Carol
Gorgeous as always. I love the pose and detail in the white. I'm at school on a laptop so take this with a grain of salt but......is there some grain or noise in this..in the dark BG? I've not noticed it before in any of your images and am surprised but then it could be the laptop...or my eyes.

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by Carol Clarke on Wed Jan 07, 2004 8:38 am

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Thanks Lana, you may be right - I am really not sure!! - I am far from an expert.

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by Bill Whala on Wed Jan 07, 2004 8:49 am

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Beautiful close-up. Excellent exposure. I'm seeing the grain too.

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by Harvey Edelman on Wed Jan 07, 2004 9:14 am

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Carol, I downloaded your image and enlarged it to 200% and actually the small bit of graininess in the BG seems to be from a bit of aggressive sharpening and all you have to do is increase your threshold setting with the USM.

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by E.J. Peiker on Wed Jan 07, 2004 9:22 am

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This is very nice - I really like the bird and the light. A bit more of a head turn would have thrown more light on the forward part of his head.

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by Carol Clarke on Wed Jan 07, 2004 9:28 am

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Harvey Edelman wrote:Carol, I downloaded your image and enlarged it to 200% and actually the small bit of graininess in the BG seems to be from a bit of aggressive sharpening and all you have to do is increase your threshold setting with the USM.

That would be my fault then

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by moose henderson on Wed Jan 07, 2004 9:55 am

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nice carol, nothing common about this duck

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by Alan Murphy on Wed Jan 07, 2004 10:58 am

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Very nice image Carol.

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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Wed Jan 07, 2004 3:14 pm

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Carol,

This is an excellent shot with nice light. You did a great job with the exposure. I like the green that you captured in the head.

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by Neil Solomon on Wed Jan 07, 2004 3:46 pm

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Very nice feather detail and composition.

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by AlexC on Wed Jan 07, 2004 7:06 pm

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Common ??, What a misnomer!!!
Wonderful bird and a wonderful capture as well!!
Congrats!!!

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by Jill on Wed Jan 07, 2004 9:31 pm