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Mike Reshitnyk | all galleries >> Galleries >> Fun With Ducks and Birds ----------------------- Ravissement avec les canards et les oiseaux -------- > Wood Duck Dawn Foreplay
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Wood Duck Dawn Foreplay

This pair of young Wood Ducks get all lovey-dovey just after dawn.

Canon 5D Mark III with the 500L f4 lens with 1.4 Extender II hand-held @ 1/320 (yup), f5.6, ISO 400 +3 1/3 exposure compensation.

Slight tilt to straighten horizon, small crop for composition purposes - I had to decide whether I should give more bottom to accent the reflection, but decided against it. Three small whitish circles clonned away from the background. Eye and cheek of the male slightly dodged. Despeckling applied to upper half of background following sharpening.

What a camera!!

Cheers,

Mike


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Daniel Charron25-Oct-2012 17:34
Une belle scène comportementale dans une belle lumière rasante. J’aime le jeu de la lumière sur les yeux des deux canards.
joseantonio24-Oct-2012 17:47
Spectacular capture of these lovely colors...V.
Peter Stubley24-Oct-2012 17:40
Very nice shot.