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Copyright: Gert Ellstrom (ellis49) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3387 W: 343 N: 9480] (30807)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-05-31
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Sigma 100-300 /4 HSM, Digital RAW 400
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/320 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2005-05-31 5:23
Viewed: 1283
Points: 54
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
En. , Da. Hvinand, Du. Brilduiker, Fi. Telkkä, Fr. Garrot à oeil d'or, Ge. Schellente, It. Quattrocchi, No. Kvinand, Sp. Porrón osculado, Sw. Knipa

I took this very early in this morning.
These two has no brood to feed, so they are free to fly and have fun.;-)
I like them, I hope like it too.


From www.birdgude.com
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At rest the male Golden eye looks mostly white with a dark head, mantle and rear. The big white blob behind the bill is conspicuous and distinctive. Females are harder to identify appearing dark grey-brown with darker heads and usually showing various amounts of white in the closed wing. Even if this isn't visible they can be identified by their bulbous head shape, bulging at the nape. In flight, Golden eye are fast, direct fliers with mostly white inner wings. They make a characteristic whistling noise as they fly by.
Breeds in wooded areas near lakes and pools. Winters on estuaries, coasts, lakes and reservoirs.
Recently established in small numbers as a breeding species, mainly in Highland Scotland. Chiefly, however, a widespread winter visitor, found on many inland waters, as well as around coasts.
One of the commonest breeding ducks of Scandinavia, occurring throughout central Europe in winter
At least 83-109 pairs breed mainly in Scotland, with perhaps a few pairs in Ireland. 10 000-17 000 birds winter in Britain and Ireland.
At least 230,000-280,000 pairs breed in Europe. Russian population 28000-48000
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Technique:
Sigma 100-300 /4 EX HSM
ISO 400, Raw-format, AI-servo Autofocus
Converted, Levels/Curves, Contrast, Crop, resized to 800 pixels, converted to sRGB save as JPG for the WEB. I used Adobe Photoshop CS2 for PP.

dew77, chiliu, radz, hummingbird24, marhowie, Comandante, AndyB, Fisher, red45, suleesia, christophe, PDP, scottevers7, orme, Marche, tiobibi has marked this note useful
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To windancer: Three shots Chris.ellis49 1 05-31 10:27
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  • Great 
  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4774 W: 294 N: 4020] (13209)
  • [2005-05-31 5:32]

Hello again Gert!
Wonderful action shot again.Blurred BG,framing and composition are perfect.TFS...:-)

Great captured!
Perfect composition,nice colour.
TFS!

  • Great 
  • radz Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 603 W: 11 N: 616] (3404)
  • [2005-05-31 6:39]

Nice twin shot.Fast action on must say to capture both of them in frame.Well done.

Excellent timing the sharpness of the bird and background are impressive.TFS

Excellent work my friend! Very good sharpness, details, colors and light..The golden eyes are always very striking..Your sigma produces nice results, Well done!

Hi Gert!
Superb job again.I liked blurred BG and composition very much.
Thanks for sharing.

  • Great 
  • AndyB Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1391 W: 32 N: 1350] (3982)
  • [2005-05-31 8:23]

Fantastic capture Gert,
Impressive detail and excellent composition.
Very well captured.

TFS

Excelent shot, Gert
Well done on the composition and details. I can hear the whistling of the wings.

Mike

  • Great 
  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2705 W: 74 N: 8864] (30243)
  • [2005-05-31 9:23]

Gert, poses of this couple are fantastic! I know this feeling - no children - freedom and party ;-) Excellent face, BG and composition. Good work!

fantastic shot. I want to know how many shots it took to get this one! I am in awe.

fabulous capture! Nice and sharp eye detail. Excellent work!

Another well captured in flight shot Gert,
Very sharp and clear detail. perfect BG. Well composed and such sharp eye detail.
Great shot, thanks for posting

Composition: 5/5
Sharpness: 5/5
Color: 5/5
DOF: 4/5
POV: 5/5
TFS
In a friendly way Christophe

  • Great 
  • puciu Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 519 W: 0 N: 16] (2603)
  • [2005-05-31 15:57]

¦wietne ujêcie, doskona³y kadr, ³adna kolorystyka, fajne t³o.

  • Great 
  • PDP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 2821 W: 344 N: 3779] (11769)
  • [2005-05-31 15:58]

I like it, I like the way the eye is first drawn to the OOF one and then onto the sharp duck. Lovely colours and a very good catch, well done Gert.

Ducks Again !

Very nice capture. The esposition is perfect. And the dof is incredible.
Really a magic photograph.

Très bel arrêt sur image.
Bravo, j'aime beaucoup.
Nico.

Hi Gert, A excellent stop action shot. A real sense of high speed movement in this double passing shot. Perfect detail in the lead duck. Nice Shot!

  • Great 
  • jossim Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1575 W: 5 N: 2181] (12250)
  • [2005-05-31 22:38]

Bravo, une belle prise.

Félicitation pour le bel éclairage et les détails.

Another great flying shot. I like it because one bird is perfectly in focus and the other is blurred which adds to the feeling of motion.

Good work capturing both of them Gert. Good action. Excellent OOF BG. Nice one. Thanks.

Strong and hard to get composition ! Well worth the points

Great stuff Gert, so hard to get this type of shot. Wonderful composition, the OOF one in the foreground actually adds to the shot rather than distracting. Once again you have shown us an excellent result.
Love the free-falling watre droplet below the bottom duck.

  • Great 
  • Bac Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 97 W: 3 N: 33] (480)
  • [2005-06-02 13:08]

It's hard to get this kind of picture, nice shot. TFS.

  • Great 
  • orme Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 49 W: 0 N: 57] (186)
  • [2005-06-03 10:18]

An excellent action shot, Gert. I like the way the second bird is 'suspended' time. Beautiful green background. Well done.

Bonjour Gert,
Quel joli vol. Bel éclairage, et netteté. J'admire. Merci
Martine

hello:) I dont know what should I say:) really amaizing and beauty shot:) great one:)

rgs

Malgosia

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