Impressionist Mallards Photo

Photographer’s Note

Another image captured close to Mougins, in the La Valmasque Park; dozens of ducks mallards and other birds were flying all around the Etang de Font Merle.

This time a couple of mallards was swimming around the pond with wonderful reflections on the water.
The emerald green of the Valmasque forest on a side and the sand tones reflections of common reeds.

I like this reflections for the "Impressionism effect" that they build on the water surface thanks to the small waves.

Model: NIKON D40
Software: Ver.1.10
Exposure Time: 10/5000 sec
F-Stop: f/5.6
ISO Speed Ratings: 500
Focal Length: 240 mm
Date Taken: 2008-03-30 17:56
Metering Mode: Pattern
File Size: 186 kb

feather, trekks, jafadabret, scobert, gneufeld, AiresSantos, manada, leo61 has marked this note useful

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okahraman (4576) 2008-04-10 1:21

Hi paolo ;

çok çok güzel bir kare olmuş ördeklerin suda ilerlerken çıkardıkları iz ve sudaki yansımalar harika elinize sağlık

Önder Kahraman

bobocortis (14146) 2008-04-10 1:32

Ciao Paolo.
Si potrebbe fare un tema denominato "paperette con scia", tante se ne son viste. Ma l'abilità del fotografo è tirar fuori qualcosa di nuovo anche da un tema usurato. E questo hai fatto. Qui è lo sfondo bicolore a dare una marcia in piu'. Per coglierlo hai dovuto ubicare le paperette dove in teoria non dovrebbero stare, coi becchi rivolti al bordo piu' vicino, ma non c'era scelta e il gioco valeva la candela.
Bel colpo.
Buona giornata.
Bobo.

stefanocer (10416) 2008-04-10 1:32

A me sembrano i 100 mt stile libero !! bella Paolo , complimenti un'ottima cattura per questa simpatica gara di velocità , ottimo anche il riflesso molto colorato , well done.
Stefano.

feather (50588) 2008-04-10 3:14

The image has a surprising effect as the reflections look as if the image should be rotated 90°. ;D Obviously not; unless these are very clever ducks. The wake from the ducks is a strong feature of the image. Well done
Kath

Dyerco (9404) 2008-04-10 4:31

Hi Paolo
Waiting for the ducks to move into the area containing the brown reflection was a good move both compositionally and from the standpoint of colour contrast. Nicely done.
Phil

trekks (14336) 2008-04-10 9:39

hello Paolo

This is a nice shot and showing lovely colors of reflective water with the ducks leaving a good trail. Really well captured moment.

tfs, bill

jafadabret (40717) 2008-04-10 9:47

Paolo, j'aime le parallélisme des sillages des deux compères sur cette eau aux beaux reflets.
Que du plaisir !
Jacques

chpp (4039) 2008-04-10 11:22

Ciao Paolo
I like the composition, to me it lacks a little sharpness, but I like the colour contrast in the water and the trails of the ducks.
nice shot
cheers
C

grigand (12896) 2008-04-10 13:47

Ciao Paolo,
Bellissima questa coppia di anitre sembrano in competizione, la prima abbassa anche la testa per ... ottimi anche i riflessi molto colorati.
ciao
andrea

scobert (5333) 2008-04-10 17:27

Hi Paolo,
I like your duck series and I love the way that your impressionistic style always has a very thoughtful rendition of the interplay of opposite colors (yellow vs blue, warm vs cool and now a reddish hue vs the green). You are very observant of colors and patterns and this is a lovely and most interesting mixture of opposite colors. I just noticed that the ruddy reds have vertical wave patterns and the olive greens have horizontal patterns. Your photos always have more than meets the eye at first glance. A very original and very beautiful image!
Stan

gneufeld (15289) 2008-04-10 18:39

Hi Paolo,
Great shot. I love the shimering colers and reflections. The pair of ducks are a fine feature presented in good light. TFS. Gerald

AiresSantos (43298) 2008-04-11 0:28

Ciao Paolo
Wonderful composition with these 2 Mallard ducks. Excellent POV and details. The sharpness could be better my friend
Have a nice day
Aires

Silversnow (2121) 2008-04-11 7:47

GReat use of the reflections in order to divide the Box composition, the malards really look peacefull, cruising out as if the photographer was absent, which gives a good angle. I'm wondering if the image could be a little crisper, perhaps a little sharpening would help?

manada (6237) 2008-04-11 23:41

Ciao Paolo
davvero bella questa immagine.
Straordinario scatto dove le anatre passano nei riflessi colorati. Well done!!
Cari saluti
Freddy

leo61 (44118) 2008-04-13 3:57

Hi Paolo!
You placed the ducks perfect in the frame and I like how the color of the water changes from brown to green,thanks to the nice reflections.I also like the tracks left behind the ducks,like from motorboats.
Have a nice sunday,
regards,leo