We have a duck pond near our house so I headed out to find some subjects for the latest challenge. I was delighted to find this one nestled in some leafy brush near the pond, nesting. She hissed at me but let me get a few shots of her. This was my favorite. Other than cropping, the lighting and filtering are natural.
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Really nice shot of Mother Goose! :-) And I like the leaves in the foreground (with the exception of the one under her beak, but it's really not that much of a distraction to me).
Judy, I LOVE this picture. This is one of the ones that I thought would be way, way up there! I don't understand the voting sometimes -- I sure gave this one a high score. I don't think I've ever seen a picture of one of these birds close-up enough to see the blue, blue eyes -- contrasting so vividly with that yellow beak. I would be really proud to have this one in my collection!!!
Although the green nicely complements the colors of the duck, the way that the foliage occludes the subject more than negates the benefit. Perhaps a slightly different angle and a wider crop would have accomplished a similar result without the green blurs in the foreground.
kind of a Jurassic Park view. Too hot on the forehead feathers, not sharp enough, the leaf on the lower beak is distracting. But, I like the viewpoint, colors, and DOF. Nice job.
Nice shot, great eye! Your colors are really nice and love that it's a bird being a bird.
It's a goose ya know, a Toulouse Goose female. I used to own several.
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