Duck portrait

[StephenM]

Hi all,

Here's a Pacific Black Duck, captured at the Mt Coot-tha botanic gardens the other day, using my 70-200 telephoto @ 200mm. It was a fairly tame specimen, so I was able to get nice and close. A little bit more DoF would have been good, but I was still happy with how this one came out.

Thanks for looking!

Cheers,
Stephen

[bloodhound31]

Hey Stephen. I agree with you on the DOF. The soft edges on the beak do draw the eye away. Framing-wise, the tip of the beak is just off the edge, so the back of it's head should also be just off the edge. Perhaps a little bit more space in front of the beak would be good.

Your exposure is good and the eye is nice and sharp. Good details in the feathers.

Baz.

[Ric]

Lovely photo Stephen, there's a lot of character in that ducks face.

[Liz]

A contented looking duck, I like it Stephen. :thumbsup:

[astroron]

Nice one Stephen I love the feather patterns and beautifully focused eye :thumbsup:
Cheers

[troypiggo]

Great shot nonetheless. Lovely detail and sharpness. 70-200 f/4 or 2.8?

[lacad01]

Nice work Stephen :thumbsup:

[StephenM]

Thanks for the comments Baz, Ric, Liz, Ron, Troy and Adam!

Troy, this was the f/4 non-IS lens.

Cheers,
Stephen