Hi Lasse,
> Steve Larson: Wood Duck
>
> What first strikes me are the colors. Never seen a duck with those colors,
I don't think you find them here around (Scandinavia). That's interesting.
However it seems that there are some surrounding strong green colours that
possibly makes the duck appear even greener. Switching to documentary
viewing mode I ask myself how true the colors are here. Staying in this mode
I would definitely also have preferred having the duck's feet fully visible.
It is distracting to me that they are chopped off.
> However, you do not necessarily have to apply this documentary/realistic
view to a picture. But still (documentary view off) I find that the crop at
the bottom slightly disturbing.
> I find the out of focus areas interesting. This lens has got a very soft
bokeh, it almost looks digitally manipulated (and by this I don't mean
anything negative, on the contrary). It is just unusually and pleasingly
soft and smooth.
> I often find web pictures lacking in sharpness/resolution (to the extent
that I've been questioning my vision), and I am also looking for more
sharpness in this picture (asking myself if the long shutter time and
shallow DOF is being the greatest factor or if it could/should have had some
sharpening done to the duck itself.)
> You definitely should have got rid of those white dust marks in the left
green area though.
> Other than that it is still kind of a nice picture of a duck....
Thanks for taking the time to comment. I have never seen a duck so
beautiful myself, but my
brother (diehard birder) tells me that they are around here occasionally, if
you know where to look. The colors are just the way it scanned, I did not
adjust any in P.S.. I never really thought
about his feet, although I`m sure it would have been a better composition. I
took a couple
pics of that duck, some a little farther away, with the feet, but I liked
this one best because it
showed more detail of the colors and texture of the feathers. I was laying
on wet concrete
when I took it, so I could get down to his level.
It was a dreary day at the zoo that day, and 1/15 was all I could get with
100ASA @ f2.3.
F5.6 or f8 would have helped. That steenkin white spot showed up after it
was scanned.
Thanks for the kind remarks,
Steve Larson
Redondo Beach, California
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