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Common Pochard(Elmabaş Patka)


Common Pochard(Elmabaş Patka)
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Copyright: Mehmet Ozcan (meo) Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 31 W: 1 N: 53] (372)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-01-12
Categories: Birds
Camera: Pentax K10D, Sigma 70-300 f4-5.6 APO DG Macro
Exposure: f/11, 1/250 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-01-16 10:45
Viewed: 407
Points: 10
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The Common Pochard (Aythya ferina) is a medium-sized diving duck.

The adult male has a long dark bill with a grey band, a red head and neck, a black breast, red eyes and a grey back. The adult female has a brown head and body and a narrower grey bill band. The triangular head shape is distinctive. Pochards are superficially similar to the closely related North American Redhead and Canvasback.

Their breeding habitat is marshes and lakes with a metre or more water depth. Pochards breed in much of temperate and northern Europe into Asia. They are migratory, and winter in the southern and west of Europe.

These are gregarious birds, forming large flocks in winter, often mixed with other diving ducks, such as Tufted Duck, which they are known to hybridise with.

These birds feed mainly by diving or dabbling. They eat aquatic plants with some molluscs, aquatic insects and small fish. They often feed at night, and will upend for food as well as the more characteristic diving.
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merhaba hemşherim. bu güzeli harika görüntülemişsin. netlik ve detaylar gibi renkler ve arkaplan da çok güzel.
arada bir çekimlerini bakıyorum. az önce tekrar baktım. memleketim Giresundan 10 fotoğraf var, biri benden 9 sizden. bunun için de ayrıca teşekkürler. selamlar.

Beautiful picture! Good composition and POV, nice colors and light, good focus as well as sharpness!

Best regards!
Elena

Mehmet Bey, sanki sıla hasreti çeken bir ördek resimlemişsiniz. Bakış açınız, kameranın saha derinliği zonu iyi seçilmiş, öyle ki kuş ve ön plan gayet net belirlenirken geri plandaki su kitlesine hoş bir fluluk kazandırılmış. Başarılı bir kompozisyon, kutlarım.
Mehmet

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  • cako Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 352 W: 0 N: 313] (1765)
  • [2008-01-16 13:20]

Mehmet bey enfes bir kare olmuş renkler ve detaylar harika ellerinize sağlık.

Mehmet merhaba,
Elmabaşı nefis çekmişsin. Bende de yakın çekim var ama renklende döneminden önce olduğundan bu kadar çekici görünmüyor. Gerçi fotoğraf ismi olarak vermişsiniz ama bilgileri yazarken de türün Türkçe ismini de yazsan şık olur diye düşünüyorum.
Selamlar,
Mustafa

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