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Ringed Teal


Ringed Teal
Photo Information
Copyright: Michael Halliday (pompey) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 146 W: 4 N: 745] (2768)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-01-09
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 300 D, Canon EF 75-300/4.0-5.6 III, Skylight
Exposure: f/5.0, 1/160 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Aquatic Birds 2 - Aves Acuáticas 2 [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2005-01-15 12:18
Viewed: 1875
Points: 25
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Ringed Teal (Callonetta leucophrys )

The male has a pink breast with black spots. The top of his head and the back of his neck are black. The female is paler, with dark brown back and wings, and irregular brown spots on her breast. Both have a characteristic white oval wing mark, which is hidden at rest.

Description
Ringed teals are members of the wood duck group. They are found in swampy tropical forests and marshy clearings in well-wooded lowlands. They can also be found in secluded pools and small streams. All wood ducks have strong, pointed claws so that they can perch on trees. The ringed teal eats seeds and other small items. They forage by picking from the water surface and by head dipping while swimming in shallow water. The ringed teal nests in tree hollows or they sometimes take over the old stick nests of other birds. The young have sharp claws on their feet and rather stiff tails; both used for climbing out of tree holes after hatching. The male and female calls differ; the male has a soft long whistle, the female a short, harsh quack.

Status: Not classified as threatened

Distribution: Bolivia. S Brazil to N Argentina and Uruguay.

Sexually mature: 0
Approx. gestation: 28 days
Approx. nbr. of young: 6 - 12

Photographed at Marwell Zoological Park.
Callie, Robbrown, willie, Signal-Womb, JennHen, jossim, marhowie, Luc, sandpiper2 has marked this note useful
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A real text book image this Michael the detail in the feathers is amazing,
I think inspite of the BG being totally OOF that for printing this image I would be tempted to clone out the Half duck on the left, but this is a very minnor point. Nice one TFS

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  • willie Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1023 W: 61 N: 648] (2083)
  • [2005-01-15 13:43]

Calender stuff Michael. Excellent DOF and POV. Good work

Very beautiful duck Michael.
As a duck fan I love this one.
Very colourful , good details and nice pose.
Good informative note.
Very well done.
TFS

I like the detail of the texture of the bird. Very sharp.

Very nice indeed! Yes the detail and colour is amazing. Maybe cut a little to close to the feet but very good post.

Very nice, maybe just a tad soft on focus? I'd be tempted to try a little more USM. Aren't his colors gorgeous! -Jenn

Super ! Bonne définition des couleurs et les détails sont nettes. Vraiment bien. FÉLICITATIONS !

Good shot Michael. Great color & you've done a good job with the BG removing the unwanted distraction. Great notes. TFS

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  • Luc Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1873 W: 304 N: 4300] (14729)
  • [2005-01-16 2:48]

An excellent post, Michael!
I like this duck very much.
Sharp and colorfull.
Good compo, PoV and DoF.
Great presentation: picture and note.
Thanks

Hi Michael
No sweat, your teal caught mt attention immediately but I had no time to comment. This is a nice post, I gave not seen this guy before, so TFS.
Love the pink feet and the plumage colours,are great.

Composition: ***
Sharpness: **
Color: ***
DOF: ***
POV: ***

Nice shot but the other one on BG is a bit disturbing.
TFS.

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  • japie Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1814 W: 100 N: 1904] (5187)
  • [2005-01-16 16:09]

This is a beautiful clear shot Michael. The sharpness is good and I like the composition.

Well done and thanks for posting

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  • livios Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2156 W: 322 N: 4258] (16906)
  • [2005-01-16 18:29]

Michael, lovely shot with very beautiful colors. Great POV, DOF and sharpness. The blurred BG works well too.

Lívio

Great shot with lots of detail. As Rob says a text book image. The only poor point is the the OOF duck in th eleft background, which you could easily clone out. A minor detail though, excellent image and presentation.

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