What technical feedback would you like if any? Any feedback is appreciated
What artistic feedback would you like if any? Any feedback is appreciated
Any pertinent technical details:
Camera Canon EOS 700D
Lens Canon EF 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
f/10, 1/160 sec, ISO 400, 310mm
Wood Ducks are my favorite species of duck and I relish seeing them. Here in the Louisville area, there is a special place where I see them most every visit. I consider myself fortunate and I’m always looking for that new pose!
My name may be familiar to some of you. I’ve been away from NPN for some time. Honestly, I miss ‘real’ feedback. I’m getting tired of the ‘attaboys’ I get posting elsewhere.
Thanks for looking! I’m ready for any input you may care to offer!
Jim Nall
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“What do you want for dinner, honey? I don’t know - what do you want?”
What beautiful birds. The only thing I would suggest is to lighten those two dark spots to the left of each duck. They stand out in the otherwise light background. This makes me smile, for sure.
Hi Bonnie…I will definitely take your advice into consideration. Thank you so much for your comment, now you’ve got me laughing! Will it be Burger King or DQ?
I do remember you, Jim. I was confused by the “Richard”. Welcome back. I love the poses, but you couldn’t have picked more difficult ones to photograph. The required depth of field must have been huge. It looks like you almost had enough with just the head of the female and tail of the drake being a bit soft. If they give you another chance at this pose, you might try jacking your iso up to 1600 and stopping down accordingly. Here in the dark Northwest we’ve come to terms with high iso photography and with modern cameras and software it works surprisingly well.
Thanks Dennis! I must be living right, I see Wood Ducks all the time at one of my favorite locations nearby!!! Thanks for the advice, I will use it in the future!
Yeah, I got tired of the nothing comments on Flickr and a couple of others. I credit NPN with helping me improve and there’s always room for more improvement!
Lucky you to have these stunning ducks near you. I think it’s a nice image that “tells” a great story with that interaction. I have nothing to add as a critique other than what was said earlier about the dark leaves being distracting,
The drake looks excellent. Colors are really popping! I dont think the softness in the hen’s head is due to depth of field issues. It looks like motion blur from using a slow shutter speed to me. Since you can get more opportunities with these ducks, I’d try for a situation where the background is a little further away, which would render it less busy and allow for more focus on the ducks.
Hey, Jim!
Welcome back! Good to see you posting…
This is a terrific image, with great poses, DOF, detail and environment.
I’d personally prefer a bit more room all around (easily added with the content-aware tool, if desired) and a less-cluttered BG. I’d also remove/heal/content-aware the dark leaves in the BG, as they are a little distracting. - but the poses make up for that well.
Cheers!
Sandy
