Duckshop: One more mandarin

Posted by joseph motto on Wed Jan 21, 2004 7:19 pm

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My mandarin male pales when compared to E.J.'s post (but whose don't?) and I probably lost feature in the whites but I'm posting anyway. Hopefully this is not the last time around for this fella but E.J.s comments give me concern.
Canon 10D, Canon 400/2.8 + 1.4 TC on Gitzo tripod and WImberly head. ISO at 200; 1/250 @ f 4. Flash off.
Any advice, reposts welcome. Hopefully soon I'll be able to do a better job on some of these marginal white blowouts.

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by BrianS on Wed Jan 21, 2004 7:22 pm

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What a beauty -- whites are a bit hot.

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by E.J. Peiker on Wed Jan 21, 2004 7:31 pm

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A beautiful duck for sure. I think going to a flash as mainlight shot and stopping down a bit to get more DOF would have helped. Alternately, ISO 400 would have allowed you to stop down a bit too.

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by Wil Hershberger on Wed Jan 21, 2004 8:02 pm

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Gorgeous little fellow. Very nice shot even with the hot whites.

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by Alan Murphy on Wed Jan 21, 2004 8:03 pm

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Joseph the bird looks good. Not crazy about the light gray water next to the beautiful green and gold water.

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by fredcor on Wed Jan 21, 2004 9:21 pm

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Another beauty in a very nice image. It shows me what I'm missing in not ever seeing one of these.

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by Bill Whala on Wed Jan 21, 2004 9:48 pm

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Very nice. I agree that a little more DOF would improve this.

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by Juan E. Bahamon on Wed Jan 21, 2004 10:10 pm

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Maybe you can rescue with the new "Highlight/shadow recovery" in PS CS.

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by LHays on Thu Jan 22, 2004 10:30 am

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You can never have enough Mandarin shots. Shooting suggestions made were good and I also think you might be able to try some things with PS. Still a good shot of a Mandarin.....something I didn't accomplish at Duckshop last year.

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by Neil Solomon on Thu Jan 22, 2004 11:44 am

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Love those Mandarins. What do you think caused the grey reflection in the water?

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by AlexC on Thu Jan 22, 2004 2:14 pm

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Great bird and the rest has been said!!
Very nice indeed, Congrats!!!

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by E.J. Peiker on Thu Jan 22, 2004 3:33 pm

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Neil Solomon wrote:Love those Mandarins. What do you think caused the grey reflection in the water?

Its caused by the building on the other side. This was taken in the morning when it was cloudy so the wonderful golden reflection we got in the afternoon is a drab gray reflection in the AM.

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by christoforos on Thu Jan 22, 2004 7:37 pm