Challenge:Symmetry (Classic Editing) Camera:Fujifilm FinePix S602Z Location: Near the Bobeldijk, West Friesland, Netherlands Date: Mar 30, 2003 Aperture: F5 ISO: 160 Shutter: 1/900s Galleries:Nature, Animals Date Uploaded: Mar 30, 2003
A couple of ducks were fighting over some chicks. This one couldn't handle it and fled. It is airborne only for a few seconds now, but up to speed, I had to pan (follow the subject while exposing) pretty fast. It was flapping its wings like mad, but fortunately the shutter captured a full wingspread so I had the perfect symmetery of the wings and tail. It was cool to actually capture the duck 4 times during the pan, it moved sooo fast! Gives me some hope for the motorcycle race I will be attending next week. And the camera was able to get a focus lock during the panning........ 602's rock!
Cameratech: -2/3 exposure bias, aperture priority, 5 frames per second continious shooting, auto whitebalance, UV filter, full telezoom (210mm eqv).
Post-processing: Cropped a very small part out of the original frame. I was already at the end of the zoom so much of the frame is empty space.
Resampled. Unsharp masked. Save for the web.
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Just as a thought.....chop this image so only to enclude the top of the top wing (that is the symetric fan shape), with a little of the teal/blue of the wing for interest.
Nice focus on the mallard. I think this is a great shot, but the blurring background blends with the wings a little and distracts me from the subject. This is a nice pan focus shot, but I wonder how it would look if a higher shutter speed could have been used to stop the motion of the background as well.
Just awesome nature shot. Too bad the stuff under him wasn't in focus. But still a very good shot. I think a little tighter crop would've done him some good if you had the pixels to spare. Great job -9
Lovely shot - the image itself isn't symmetrical but I see the symmetry at which you're pointing. You've done very well to catch the duck in motion with such clarity. The wings are symmetrical, too! 8.
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