Female Mallard Duck Photo

Photographer’s Note

I took this photo at Cosmoston lakes in Penarth, Wales.I have set the brightness and contrast to +5 and +10. The saturation level is set to +15 in order to bring out some of the vibrant colours, I have also added some sharpening. The camera was set on white balance bracketing and between the three differently toned pictures I went for the increased compensation (+2) one, with a bit of a warmer tone.

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kaychambers (1196) 2004-06-28 12:20

Good overall result - nice DOF and well composed. Like the retracting leg!

Well done Jannie!

Regards,

Vic, Singapore. 29th June 2004

davecall (575) 2004-06-28 17:05

Yes, the leg is the best feature here; it adds colour and a sense of balance to the photo. The colour is rich and everything is sharply in focus. Great effort Jan!

DonQ (2623) 2004-06-29 6:37

Kwa-Kwa! :-)
Good DOF, cute composition with a duck that stands on only one leg! LOL! :-)
I do not understand your explanation entirely. You did that with camera settings , or ... you have done it with a software-PP?
Very well done Jannie.

cdewet (0) 2004-07-06 14:24

Janneman
NIce picture of the duck, nice compo and leg-up too. Maybe it can do with a little more space infront of her face, "to move in to" and defnitively a highlight in the eye, the flash will provide. Also, try and underexpose by 1/3 to 2/3 to get the white not to be so bright. And congrats on the D300, mant happy pix.

yesterday (9787) 2004-07-09 6:53

Excellent sharp, excellent compoced, excellent light and contrast, great color all in this great photo.

regards Kaj Nielsen