Mallard on the brakes


Posted by christoforos on Thu Feb 05, 2004 3:02 am

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Mallard - Washington, DC
EOS10D, ISO 200, 300/4L, 1/1000 at f7.1 (incident), 30% crop

This one was taken a few days ago near the duck ponds of the National Zoo in DC.
Comments and suggestions are always welcome.
Thanks for looking.
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by Carol Clarke on Thu Feb 05, 2004 7:49 am
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Nice shot!! I hope you 'ducked' 8) :)
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by Bill Whala on Thu Feb 05, 2004 8:34 am
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Excellent angle. Very nice shot!!
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by Sandy Mossberg on Thu Feb 05, 2004 8:55 am
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Christoforos, this is excellent. The sharp head and eye are the keys to the image. Wonderful work.
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by fredcor on Thu Feb 05, 2004 9:21 am
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:D Air brakes I would say. :wink: Excellent capture
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by Maxis Gamez on Thu Feb 05, 2004 10:50 am
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Nice composition and detail. I like it a lot! Good work.
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by DC on Thu Feb 05, 2004 11:36 am
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Way cool. Great job
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by Alan Murphy on Thu Feb 05, 2004 7:51 pm
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Great shot. You handled the tough light very well.
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by AlexC on Thu Feb 05, 2004 9:41 pm
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Very nice angle, almost coming at you!!

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Very good exposure and excellent detail as note by others, nice colors as well, perfectly lit head , Very nice indeed!!! Congrats!1 8)
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by LHays on Fri Feb 06, 2004 6:18 am
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Nothing like a good mallard shot. You've got a sharp head and eye.....and a "blue" head at that. Cool shot....I'm with Carol.....hope you "ducked".
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by Harvey Edelman on Fri Feb 06, 2004 7:58 am
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