Tufted Duck, female

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Tufted Duck, female
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Copyright: Szabo Jozsef (joska) Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 26 W: 0 N: 117] (736)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-12-26
Categories: Birds
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/200 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2008-02-13 20:09
Viewed: 343
Points: 4
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The male Tufted Duck is distinctively all-black apart from his immaculately neat white flanks, yellow eye and grey bill. The female is mostly chocolate-brown, darker than the Pochard and with a slightly paler area on the flanks, similar in outline to the same patch on the male. She usually shows at least the beginnings of a tuft at the back of the head. In flight, Tufteds have very dark wings with a broad white bar across the flight feathers.
objektiv: Sigma 70-300 D 4:5,6 DG Macro
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To JPlumb: Tufted Duck, joskajoska 1 03-06 11:09
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Hi Szabo, I've never seen a Tufted Duck before so thanks for the introduction, and I'm sorry but I haven't seen your work, so let me say a belated welcome to TN. The composition on this guy is good. I like how you have positioned him, giving him some room to move forward in the frame. You've also done a good job of catching his head in the reflection in the water, while giving us a look under the water to see his kicking foot. Exposure I think is good, and that must have been tough given the dark nature of the bird against that dark water. I don't know the bird, but colour seems to be good, and you have a good catch of the eye. I found the water maybe a little noisy, and thought the bird might use a little sharpening so I have prepared a workshop to provide you with another option. As well, the shot is presently 600 x 350 pixels large and the file is just shy of 102 K. Presentation might be helped if it was a little larger. We can post up to 200K files with the longest axis up to 800 pixels.

Thanks, John

sal,
excelenta poza cu femela de fuligula, stropii de apa arata foarte bine pe rata.
Culori excelente, incadrarea atenueaza bine unghiul,
poza reusita,

L
PS: te asteptam pe myNature (www.mybiosis.org) cu aceste poze, si multe altele, de care este mare nevoie si acolo

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