my best side by quietpurplehaze

my best side

This duck was dozing by the side of the River Bewl when I disturbed him with my camera. Once awake, he seemed to be offering me his best side to photograph.

In fact when I loaded up the photos of that day to the laptop, this one looked like one to discard. But when I corrected the exposure in FastStone all his colours emerged (not sure why I got it so wrong at the time - any suggestions welcome!) so here he is.




https://www.flickr.com/photos/150442566@N07/49022362588/in/dateposted-public/
Wonderful feather detail and colours Hazel:)
November 7th, 2019  
Fabulous shot and lovely details, fav!
November 7th, 2019  
He is a beauty, love the detail.
November 7th, 2019  
Great pov and details.
November 7th, 2019  
Nice close up
November 7th, 2019  
Lovely feather detail
November 7th, 2019  
I love him looking at u fav
November 7th, 2019  
Awesome picture.
November 7th, 2019  
Bep
Wonderful close up!
November 7th, 2019  
And what gorgeous colors they are - like his “expression “ too
November 7th, 2019  
He is SO giving you a look!
November 7th, 2019  
What a beauty! What white balance setting did you have? I almost always set mine to 'auto' which gives perfect results every time BUT sometime I accidentally knock it to another setting and the image looks awful. The Adobe DNG RAW file that I always use makes for easy correction.
November 7th, 2019  
@lostphojo

My white balance is always set to auto too! You should have seen this before I did a little post processing. It was way too dark. I don't really understand the problem. (Maybe the white balance setting!!) I always shoot jpeg and nearly always aperture.. I am a technophobe - well nearly.
November 7th, 2019  
Great pov and feather details
November 7th, 2019  
it may have got over exposed by the bright background . the net result from post processing is rather nice haze
November 8th, 2019  
Terrific capture and plumage details .
November 8th, 2019  
I love the colors and details you caught.
November 8th, 2019  
Fav
November 8th, 2019  
@phil_howcroft

Phil, thank you. That's interesting.
November 8th, 2019  
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