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Mandarins Bathtime


Mandarins Bathtime
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Copyright: NICHOLAS GLEN (nglen) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1877 W: 2 N: 5068] (19386)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-04-08
Categories: Birds
Camera: Konica-Minolta Dynax 5D, 70mm.300.mm apo sigma
Exposure: f/6.3, 1/640 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-05-09 15:27
Viewed: 435
Points: 24
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
It looked as if the pair of Mandarins were having a shower as they were splashing and washing their feathers, this carried on for a good while. Will be returning to the lake were i saw them in hope of them having had some ducklings. And will keep you posted.

Mandarin Duck ( Aix Galericulata ) Length 41-49 cm.
The male being one of the most colourful of our Ducks with a striking mane of orange, white and brown feathers and orange sails on its back with a bright red beak. The female looks rather dull with her grey brown plummage and white spectacles around her eyes and large pale spots on underparts.

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Hi Nicholas,
These are great birds to shot at, so photogenic ones!
And this capture has action on it, with the shake of the far-off bird and the waterdrops that it produces.
The colours seen on the duckr are amazing, so vivid and contrasting ones.
Well done and thanks for share it.
My best regards,
JM

Hello Nicholas its nice to see a pair and the colour differences good low pov tfs rgds Necip.

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  • jmirah Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 436 W: 5 N: 901] (3574)
  • [2007-05-09 15:45]

Excellent. The colors are amazing. At first I thought they were artificial. TFS
Jim

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  • Adanac Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1031 W: 1 N: 3945] (13272)
  • [2007-05-09 16:44]

Hello Nick,
Nice composition with both sexes, colors are great and action well frozen, thanks for sharing Nick.
Rick

Hi Nicholas,
Very good capture of the 'Mandarins Bathtime'..!
Beautiful colours and good framing.
Very nice composition..!
Regards,
Patrick

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1662 W: 8 N: 4263] (13881)
  • [2007-05-09 17:31]

Hi Nick,

Now this is something different - and wonderful. So nice to see them playful like this. And for them to be a male and female!! Wonderful colors, timing and details. I love it.

Jane

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  • Ken52 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 658 W: 98 N: 1248] (4145)
  • [2007-05-09 19:03]

I really like the nice colors and action you caught in this photo. These are beautiful ducks. Nice low POV.

Hello Nicholas,
Good action shot. They are very colourful birds, aren't they?Nice POV .I liked the composition too. TFS,
Smitha.

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  • gannu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 823 W: 4 N: 2034] (9572)
  • [2007-05-10 3:35]

Nicholas, Lovely and excellent shot. Both of them are in opposite direction. Great composition. Ganesh

Hello Nick,
This is a nice capture of a cute couple. Those birds are beautiful! POV, composition and colors are great! I am just wondering where this lack of sharpness comes from though. The thing is that you used a high shutter speed and normally, I think that this speed could be enough to fix the movement of the ducks... Honestly, I can't tell where the point of focus is here. This is a very nice capture anyway with great moment caught. Thanks,
Claudine

Comme ils sont beaux, il manque un peu de focus mais pour arriver à prendre ces deux canards en même temps il est impossible d'avoir un focus parfait partout.
Bravo
Marie

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  • demeve Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 505 W: 8 N: 1048] (3884)
  • [2007-05-10 12:37]

Bath time!
Hello Nick, this is a very good picture, explendid image of the beautiful one, the collors and details are fantastic, indeed a very good capture, well done my friend..

These are gorgeous birds, almost theatrical. Love to see them.

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