Redhead Duck Portrait


Posted by Bill Whala on Tue Mar 16, 2004 11:47 pm

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Redhead Duck Aythya americana

Taken last weekend at Belmar Park in Lakewood, Colorado. The ducks were too friendly for a 600 most of the time we were there. Headshots were the call of the day. This guy was swimming away and I made a "Quack, Quack" at him and when he looked down the barrel of my lens I made this shot.

10D, 600/4 IS, tripod, Eval @ -2/3, Av @ f8, SS 1/160, ISO 400
Slight crop top and right.

Comments and critiques are always welcome. Thanks for looking. :)
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by E.J. Peiker on Wed Mar 17, 2004 12:34 am
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An outstanding portrait of this handsome Duck.
 

by RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto on Wed Mar 17, 2004 12:35 am
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by Juan E. Bahamon on Wed Mar 17, 2004 1:35 am
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Perfect composition, the water drops are the ice on the cake.
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by DC on Wed Mar 17, 2004 4:25 am
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Excellent shot Bill. Love the head turn and that "Wha...???" expression :)
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by Jim Urbach on Wed Mar 17, 2004 6:19 am
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Beautiful over the shoulder image.

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by Penney Goodwin on Wed Mar 17, 2004 8:03 am
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These over the shoulder shots are completely my favorites.:) I can almost hear your "Quack, quack...wait, maybe that's EJ's. :) Wonderful portrait! :!: :!: :!:
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by Alan Murphy on Wed Mar 17, 2004 8:16 am
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Love the look back. Nice water and great detail. very nice Bill.
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by Harvey Edelman on Wed Mar 17, 2004 8:39 am
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You seem to have a penchant for ducks :) . Well crafted image!
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by AForns on Wed Mar 17, 2004 8:44 am
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by Jim Neiger on Wed Mar 17, 2004 11:03 am
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Great details and color. I like the water droplets.
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by Mike Danzenbaker on Wed Mar 17, 2004 11:04 am
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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Wed Mar 17, 2004 1:15 pm
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This is gorgeous. Excellent work.
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by AlexC on Wed Mar 17, 2004 2:34 pm
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Killer Rusty Quacker!!!, Wonderful exposure and detail!!
Well done, congrats!! 8)
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by Carol Clarke on Wed Mar 17, 2004 3:47 pm
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An absolute beauty Bill!! Love the pose, composition, expression, exposure......everything perfect and very well presented. 8) 8) 8) 8) :) :)
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by Mike Wilson on Wed Mar 17, 2004 4:01 pm
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Now that's a coy expression you got. A really remarkably striking image here. I have had Redheads on my to do list for a few years and now you have moved it up my list considerably! Great work.
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by Ken Newcombe on Wed Mar 17, 2004 7:05 pm
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Nice pose on this one Bill, BG works well.
 

by Michael Eckstein on Thu Mar 18, 2004 2:09 pm
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As an eight year old friend of the family says,"Very Excellent"!

Dosen't get any better than this! Great color and detail.Thanks for sharing.
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by Laura Stiefel on Thu Mar 18, 2004 7:59 pm
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This is lovely, Bill. I love the over the shoulder look and the eye contact is awesome.
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