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Grey Teal Duck


Grey Teal Duck
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Copyright: Janice Dunn (Janice) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3315 W: 148 N: 6113] (18648)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-11-20
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 300D, Tamron 28-300 XR
Exposure: f/7.1, 1/400 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-04-11 4:14
Viewed: 1369
Points: 56
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Grey Teal
Anas gracilis

The Grey Teal is a dabbling duck found in open wetlands in Australia and New Zealand.


This is a mottled brown duck with white and green flashes on its wings. The male and female Grey Teal share the same colouration. Its general colour above is a dark grey-brown with a large, pale almost white face and throat. The Grey Teal has no eye stripe. Juveniles are paler than adults, especially on the head.

In flight: the Grey Teal has a wedge-shaped white patch on both the upperwing and underwing. It has a shorter and thicker neck than the Black Duck.

On the water: the Grey Teal is a small duck which floats high.

A major game species, the Grey Teal is common and widely distributed throughout Australia, but less common in New Zealand. Grey Teal can be found across a range of habitat types, from mangrove estuaries of the coast to deep cold lakes of the highlands.

It is considerably smaller than the Mallard.

The species is highly nomadic and will move in response to local conditions.

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To loot: Kia oraJanice 1 04-12 07:12
To sfirmston: Thanks SeanJanice 1 04-12 06:54
To red45: Te rangi i totongia a tamatekapua duckJanice 1 04-11 16:05
To cafecrem: A welcome DUCK for Joanna:))Janice 1 04-11 05:35
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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4774 W: 294 N: 4020] (13209)
  • [2006-04-11 4:22]

Hello Janice!
What a cute duck;).I liked framing,clear details,POV,framing,sharpness,BG and composition a lot.TFS....:-)

Great portrait!!
The eye is amazing!

Andrea

A Duck :-)
What can I tell you... ducks are... nice? ;-))


PS. I like your portraits janice ;-)

Fantastic close-up shot. Faultless from every point of view and beautiful to look at.

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  • fiyo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 987 W: 5 N: 2762] (10618)
  • [2006-04-11 5:59]

Hello Janice,
Very good portrait,
Great colours, good details and composition
Well done.

Hi Janice

Good shot. Nicely composed. Good natural colours. Excellent catchlight in the eye. Well done. :-)

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  • sAner Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1490 W: 72 N: 1427] (4744)
  • [2006-04-11 6:55]

Beautiful portrait Janice. The details are very sharp and the bg is nice and blurry. Well composed and good POV. Well done & TFS!

Regards,
Pieter

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  • aido Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 1044 W: 156 N: 1218] (4046)
  • [2006-04-11 7:08]

Hi Janice,
A nice portrait, excellent detail and colour, DOF is good and exposure spot-on.
Regards,
Adrian

Hi Janice,
A very nice portrait on this Grey Teal. The light was very nice here. Beautiful subtle colors, and the detail is very sharp. The green backround really makes a nice contrast for the duck to stand out well.
Nice work,
Scott

Hi Janice, Great photo. Perfect colors, DOF, Well composed and capture Photo. TFS Kyle

Hi Janice,

Well done on this portrait. Excellent work.

Mike

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  • Aramok Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 886 W: 101 N: 1425] (4931)
  • [2006-04-11 10:18]

Janice
this is amazing. the detail and contrast in the ducks plumage and the water on the back is great.

great work.

Emma

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  • manyee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3067 W: 231 N: 6166] (21070)
  • [2006-04-11 11:05]

Fantastic details on this teal duck, Janice.
Though rather monochrome, I find the patterns created by the white fringes of the feathers are beautiful. Excellent focus and light. TFS. : )

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  • Dando Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor [C: 637 W: 32 N: 792] (3084)
  • [2006-04-11 11:23]

Hi Janice, nice portrait this grey teal. Good low POV and excellent detail, colour and exposure. I miss taking pictures of ducks and swans but as you probably know that bird flu has reached the UK now, so better safe than sorry I think. TFS.
Dean.

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2705 W: 74 N: 8864] (30243)
  • [2006-04-11 15:05]
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Hi Janice!
Cute DUCK :-) Nice, green grass, lovely details on feathers, good pose, cute eye... waut a second! I think eye isn't cute at all :-) This is eye of psycho :-) I think this DUCK is hiding DARK secret from its past...

Very good shot of this Teal Janice.
Excellent colors and details.
Great POV and BG.
TFS!!!!
Regards
JC

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  • pilonm Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 548 W: 90 N: 871] (2919)
  • [2006-04-11 15:10]

Hello Janice,

It is a relly nice picture of that anatidae. Very good details also... I like the composition (and the diagonal formed by the duck). dof is great also...

Ciao!

Michel

Hi Janice,
I have a very busy couple of days. But I can make just enough time for a quick visit to TN.
Great capture, thanks for posting. Have a great week.

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  • SkyF Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2233 W: 188 N: 1929] (8127)
  • [2006-04-11 18:08]

Hi Janice,
this is a beautiful duck portrait. The details are amazing. Scharpness color and POV are excellent. Just lovely.
TFS..Sky

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  • loot Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5452 W: 594 N: 3651] (10035)
  • [2006-04-11 18:55]
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Hi Janice
I'm standing in the back of the queue again, but rather late than never.
This is a great shot of a lovely teal. The details are stunning and the BG really lends itself well to enhance the bird. Lovely composition with the bird emerging out of the corner and great colours. The exposure was also very well managed.
Very well done and TFS.
Regards & Kia Ora.
Loot

PS. Did you receive my e-mail on Sunday night? I was a little concerned, but then I saw you were active on the site so I realised all seems to be normal. Please give my regards to Dave.

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  • jossim Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1575 W: 5 N: 2181] (12252)
  • [2006-04-11 20:27]

Excellente prise Janice!

Félicitations pour la netteté et les couleurs.

Merci pour l'envoie.

joseph

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  • chiliu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1494 W: 0 N: 1175] (6494)
  • [2006-04-11 22:34]

Hi Janice,
Very nice portrait! Good light, sharp details and nicely blured background.
Very well done!

Hi Janice,
You have some very coopreative feathered friends down there!
It is like they are doing their best so you can have fine pictures... I bet you bribe them..?
Greetings,
Pablo -

Wow great detail Janice a lovely shot. I feel as though I could reach out and pat it. Nice low POV as well so much better being at the same level as the subject, and the image is so clear if you zoomed in you may even see your reflection in the ducks eye.

Where abouts in Ngatea did you take the shot, such a shame that there is no map function in TN like with TE.

Hi Janice,
Very good light, color and detail, with a great POV. Well framed, and the OOF green BG works very well here..Nicely done!
Thank you mf.

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  • carper Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2009 W: 122 N: 2581] (8424)
  • [2006-04-12 14:19]

the beauty of a Duck,
well Janice I like the photo you made the details are super, a good pov and a nice dof and a good crop you made, very good job.
gr. jaap

Very nice portrait shot Janice, great sharpness and POV, well captured too. Thanks for sharing.
Gr.
Heinz

Hello Janice,
Nice portrait of this teal, in Argentina there are several species (you can see some in my gallery), only differs in plumage colours, a bit more marroon and in the bill color: yellow.
Very good composition and details
Cheers
Hernán

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