Northern Shoveler

Posted by Ken Newcombe on Wed Nov 02, 2005 10:20 pm

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This has been a good year for "approachable" Shovelers. This male will not be in full colors for a few more weeks.

20D
500 x1.4
1/250 f8
Flash -1 2/3

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by dfrench200 on Wed Nov 02, 2005 10:24 pm

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Nice timing and amazed you could freeze this action at 1/250! Looks a touch noisy and maybe over sharpened... maybe its my tired eyes.

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by Steve Cirone on Thu Nov 03, 2005 2:39 am

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I can't get the photo to download.

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by KK Hui on Thu Nov 03, 2005 3:14 am

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Tried a number of times. Less than half of the image was loaded only ...

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by Debski on Thu Nov 03, 2005 3:25 am

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Beauty! great catch. Photo loaded just the top half. San Diego Deb

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by Ofer Levy on Thu Nov 03, 2005 3:25 am

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Same here - less than half picture... :roll:

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by Juan E. Bahamon on Thu Nov 03, 2005 3:50 am

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Only half of the picture, for what I can see looks nice.

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by pleverington on Thu Nov 03, 2005 7:09 am

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Ken its nice to see a post from you. Your buffle head wing flap shot from that channel of water under the bridge, where you took pictures with Kim and I, is still engraved on my mind! I too am only getting half a picture....

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by Ken Newcombe on Thu Nov 03, 2005 7:34 am

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I'm not sure why only half the image loaded as I tested it after posting last night. I have uploaded it again and it appears fine.

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by Ed Miller on Thu Nov 03, 2005 7:45 am

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Cool shot Ken. Great action and colors.

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by Christopher Dodds on Thu Nov 03, 2005 8:44 am

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Ken, for some strange reason I see only the top half of the image. Looks great and wish I could see the rest.

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by fredcor on Thu Nov 03, 2005 8:55 am

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Excellent shot. I see the whole image.

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by Alan Melle on Thu Nov 03, 2005 9:12 am

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A fine shot! Wonderful colors and you caught the wing stretch beautifully.

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by Steve Cirone on Thu Nov 03, 2005 10:52 am

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OK, download problem fixed. Excellent wing flap and nice colors. I'd add a tad of canvass on the right. pose is perfect. Bravo!!

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by Kim Steininger on Thu Nov 03, 2005 1:17 pm

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Great pose & detail you captured Ken! Will be looking forward to seeing images of these guys in full breeding plumage!

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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Thu Nov 03, 2005 1:46 pm

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Ken,

You captured a wonderful pose with the wing flap. Excellent work.

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by Brian L. Zwiebel on Thu Nov 03, 2005 6:32 pm

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Very Nice Ken! The download problem appears to be fixed. Once that breast molts to all white he will be a contrast nightmare!

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by Scott Fairbairn on Fri Nov 04, 2005 9:21 am

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Really nice capture Ken, exposures nice, whites look good. You caught the flap at the right time otherwise I think they'd have been blurred at 1/250s. I agree about adding a bit more room to the right side.
Hopefully these guys will still be approachable when they are in full plumage, my luck is usually with the non-breeding plumage!