A Duck

wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
edited October 11, 2004 in Wildlife
Just one lonely duck. I was trying my hand at shooting a bird for the first time. I used the 300 f4 lens, with the 1.4 extender. The light was not good this evening, due to an extremely heavy overcast. I pushed the ISO to 1250 to get a halfway decent shutter speed of 200 at f5.6, the largest aperature I could get with the extender on. Despite the lenses, this shot is significantly cropped. Anyway, here it is... a duck.

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Sid.
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,963 moderator
    edited October 11, 2004
    I like. Better than mine.

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    [sorry for jackin' ya]

    ian
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  • Head in the CloudsHead in the Clouds Registered Users Posts: 376 Major grins
    edited October 11, 2004
    Wow. he/she is beautiful!
    i assume it's photoshopped to get the all black background?
    very nice. wish I could shoot like that. :cry
    come to think of it .... i wish we had all white ducks in Australia! I don't think we do! mainly just skungy brown ones - example attached. 1drink.gif
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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited October 11, 2004
    AussieKate wrote:
    Wow. he/she is beautiful!
    i assume it's photoshopped to get the all black background?
    very nice. wish I could shoot like that. :cry
    come to think of it .... i wish we had all white ducks in Australia! I don't think we do! mainly just skungy brown ones - example attached. 1drink.gif


    Hmmm, that would be a duck's a*s! Nice tailfeathers. naughty.gif Thanks, Kate, I was surprised as well. Yes, the black water is actually an accident. I was fiddling with Levels to make my duck less bright when I noticed it also brought down the water. Kinda cool, so I left it that way.
    Sid.
    Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
    http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au
  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited October 11, 2004
    ian408 wrote:
    I like. Better than mine.

    9677556-S.jpg

    [sorry for jackin' ya]

    ian

    thumb.gif Jack away, pelican breath!
    Sid.
    Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
    http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au
  • lynnmalynnma Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 5,208 Major grins
    edited October 11, 2004
    wxwax wrote:
    Just one lonely duck. I was trying my hand at shooting a bird for the first time. I used the 300 f4 lens, with the 1.4 extender. The light was not good this evening, due to an extremely heavy overcast. I pushed the ISO to 1250 to get a halfway decent shutter speed of 200 at f5.6, the largest aperature I could get with the extender on. Despite the lenses, this shot is significantly cropped. Anyway, here it is... a duck.
    Sid I LOVE this duck!!! did you use a noise fixin program? it's beautiful, really beautiful. If I had one tinsy nit pick it would be a tinse more room in front of his beak and head.. just my ho. clap.gifclap.gifclap.gif ps... the more I look 9674550-S.jpgat it the more beautiful it gets... I'm going back to check the settings agin....1drink.gif
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