After I photographed the two Black Bellied Whistling Ducks, a single one landed on a perch a few feet away. Again, better being lucky rather than being good. I had everything set, and just waited until the duck turned his head around.
Again, I liked the earth-tone colors throughout the image. I wanted the duck to be tack sharp so I selected an f/11. I knew that even at f/11, the background would be virtually out-of-focus.
Enjoy.
Camera settings: Nikon D700, Nikon 300mm f/4 with a 1.7x Nikon Teleconverter and polarizing filter attached, shot at ISO 200, f/11 and 1/125th of a second on a tripod.
Post Processing:
Lightroom—Set white and black points, added mid-tone contrast, clarity and added vignette.
Photoshop—ran nik Color Efex Pro tonal contrast filter on the duck and stump to add contrast to shadows, mid-tones and highlights and added boarder with onOne PhotoFrame.
Nice shot Larry. This is my fav of your Brazos bird shots so far. The subject is extremely sharp while the background is very is soft. Good composition.
ReplyDeleteTerrific shot Patrick!
ReplyDeleteGreat composition and the the Bokeh is amazing (especially considering you shot it at f/11)!
Well done!
Barry
This has to be one of the most beautiful photographs of a duck I have ever seen!
ReplyDeleteDude! How do you figure that duck stands on that stump? Too prickly for me! Yeah, so how did you get such good bokeh at f/11? How far do you figure the subject is from the background here?
ReplyDeleteThis photo looks more like a painting. Nice light, good colors and very sharp. Enjoy looking at it. Do more wildlife, please!
ReplyDeleteDebbie
Neat photo.
ReplyDeleteCharles M