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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Finally Saw Some Wood Ducks. April 21-22, 2017


Finally Saw Some Wood Ducks on Friday, April 21 and Saturday, April 22, 2017. It's been a slow year, even with our early spring.

Canon 7d II w/ Canon 500mm f4 II and Canon 1.4x III. (Canon Angled Finder C)

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IMG_2525nx by Mike Dec, on Flickr

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IMG_2453nx by Mike Dec, on Flickr

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IMG_2455nx by Mike Dec, on Flickr

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IMG_2491nx by Mike Dec, on Flickr

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IMG_1946nx by Mike Dec, on Flickr



Apr 23, 2017 at 02:46 PM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Finally Saw Some Wood Ducks. April 21-22, 2017


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IMG_1957x by Mike Dec, on Flickr

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IMG_1963nx by Mike Dec, on Flickr

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IMG_1976nx by Mike Dec, on Flickr

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IMG_1981x by Mike Dec, on Flickr

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IMG_2003x by Mike Dec, on Flickr



Apr 23, 2017 at 02:47 PM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Finally Saw Some Wood Ducks. April 21-22, 2017


Beautiful shots of a beautiful duck Mike, very well done. To my eye they would look even better if the duck were lower in the frame. They're so nice I hesitate to say it though.


Apr 23, 2017 at 03:05 PM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Finally Saw Some Wood Ducks. April 21-22, 2017


reko wrote:
Beautiful shots of a beautiful duck Mike, very well done. To my eye they would look even better if the duck were lower in the frame. They're so nice I hesitate to say it though.


Thank you, will look at that, it is something that I thought about when processing them.




Apr 23, 2017 at 03:11 PM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Finally Saw Some Wood Ducks. April 21-22, 2017


Well done, Mike, it looks like you've made a great use of golden hour light.

The angle finder obviously allows you to shoot them from a very low perspective, but does it hamper your responsiveness to sudden transients in behaviour, takeoffs etc ?



Apr 23, 2017 at 03:19 PM
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PetKal wrote:
Well done, Mike, it looks like you've made a great use of golden hour light.

The angle finder obviously allows you to shoot them from a very low perspective, but does it hamper your responsiveness to sudden transients in behaviour, takeoffs etc ?


Thank you.

That may be the case, but they are normally not doing that much flying around here. They are looking at the wood duck boxes and mostly just paddling around.




Apr 23, 2017 at 04:34 PM
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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Finally Saw Some Wood Ducks. April 21-22, 2017


These are great
I never save a reflection unless the water is calm



Apr 23, 2017 at 05:32 PM
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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Finally Saw Some Wood Ducks. April 21-22, 2017


Great shots Mike. Love the low angle and backgrounds as per your usual high standards.

On the topic of reflections, like Randy I don't save them (basically crop away most of it) unless the water is perfectly calm. I don't like messy ones and I also like the bird lower in the frame. But those things are all subjective. That said I do sort of like the reflections in #5 for the rainbow quality of the streaking.

TFS
Geoff



Apr 23, 2017 at 05:37 PM
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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Finally Saw Some Wood Ducks. April 21-22, 2017


Beautiful images, Mike! Personally, I think the reflections in images 5, 8, and 9 are pretty nice. Reflection patterns in (non calm) water can be interesting sometimes. I like the light, background, colors, and low angle of your images. Great work, as always, on these!
Keith W.



Apr 23, 2017 at 06:05 PM
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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Finally Saw Some Wood Ducks. April 21-22, 2017


These are sweet Mike. 7 and 9 get my pick for the lovley reflections in the warm mist

Morris



Apr 23, 2017 at 06:32 PM
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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Finally Saw Some Wood Ducks. April 21-22, 2017


Spectacular imagery of Wood Ducks! The low perspective, perfect light, apparently shooting through vegetation too, reflections. Doesn't get any better than this. I like using a right angle finder too. Great work


Apr 23, 2017 at 06:35 PM
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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Finally Saw Some Wood Ducks. April 21-22, 2017


Sweet looking images. They rock!


Apr 23, 2017 at 07:17 PM
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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Finally Saw Some Wood Ducks. April 21-22, 2017


i enjoyed your wood ducks Mike


Apr 23, 2017 at 08:11 PM
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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · Finally Saw Some Wood Ducks. April 21-22, 2017


You do woodies very well Mike, and these are no exception. I agree with Robert that some might be better with more off the bottom. I think the ones with the less defined reflections could use a little cropping ~ Ron


Apr 23, 2017 at 08:41 PM
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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · Finally Saw Some Wood Ducks. April 21-22, 2017


Nice going, I prefer #1, #8 and 9.


Apr 24, 2017 at 04:25 AM
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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · Finally Saw Some Wood Ducks. April 21-22, 2017


mike you are the master of wood ducks and clearly the low angle is making them even better
TSF. It may be interesting to see 2 images side by side with and without the reflection, if is not too much to ask?



Apr 24, 2017 at 05:11 AM
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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · Finally Saw Some Wood Ducks. April 21-22, 2017


RandyR wrote:
These are great
I never save a reflection unless the water is calm


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arbitrage wrote:
Great shots Mike. Love the low angle and backgrounds as per your usual high standards.

On the topic of reflections, like Randy I don't save them (basically crop away most of it) unless the water is perfectly calm. I don't like messy ones and I also like the bird lower in the frame. But those things are all subjective. That said I do sort of like the reflections in #5 for the rainbow quality of the streaking.

TFS
Geoff


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kwilliam8 wrote:
Beautiful images, Mike! Personally, I think the reflections in images 5, 8, and 9 are pretty nice. Reflection patterns in (non calm) water can be interesting sometimes. I like the light, background, colors, and low angle of your images. Great work, as always, on these!
Keith W.


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morris wrote:
These are sweet Mike. 7 and 9 get my pick for the lovley reflections in the warm mist

Morris


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bs kite wrote:
Spectacular imagery of Wood Ducks! The low perspective, perfect light, apparently shooting through vegetation too, reflections. Doesn't get any better than this. I like using a right angle finder too. Great work


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fredster wrote:
Sweet looking images. They rock!


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kmunroe wrote:
i enjoyed your wood ducks Mike


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surfnron wrote:
You do woodies very well Mike, and these are no exception. I agree with Robert that some might be better with more off the bottom. I think the ones with the less defined reflections could use a little cropping ~ Ron


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Stephen-Jay wrote:
Nice going, I prefer #1, #8 and 9.


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kdacharya wrote:
mike you are the master of wood ducks and clearly the low angle is making them even better
TSF. It may be interesting to see 2 images side by side with and without the reflection, if is not too much to ask?


Thank you all for your feedback. After reviewing, I do agree that some need to be lower in the frame.

I'm not sure how I feel about the reflections, I personally like them, although some can be messy, so I can see yur point there.

Here is one that I lowered in the frame and eliminated about half the reflection.

IMG_2525nxc by Mike Dec, on Flickr





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Apr 24, 2017 at 08:52 AM
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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · Finally Saw Some Wood Ducks. April 21-22, 2017


These are so beautiful Mike. I'm going to go against the crowd, I love the reflections. Your water color and the backgrounds give these such a dreamy painterly feel. So nicely done.

Birdie



Apr 24, 2017 at 12:21 PM
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p.1 #19 · p.1 #19 · Finally Saw Some Wood Ducks. April 21-22, 2017


birdied wrote:
These are so beautiful Mike. I'm going to go against the crowd, I love the reflections. Your water color and the backgrounds give these such a dreamy painterly feel. So nicely done.

Birdie


Thanks Birdie!




Apr 24, 2017 at 07:03 PM
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p.1 #20 · p.1 #20 · Finally Saw Some Wood Ducks. April 21-22, 2017


Fine work on these, Mike.


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