The Centre of Attention
Here we have a drake of the species Anas superciliosa (Pacific Black Duck) making himself the centre of attention at a small suburban nature reserve at The Binnacle in Port Macquarie , NSW, Australia.
This is a rework of my original image that never made it to RB due to the bad Colour Noise it contained after I had opened the shadows. The original high resolution .jpg was very dark for as you can imagine, this was a very quick, once-in-a-lifetime-never-to-be-repeated shot and my Shutter Speed was too high.
However, now I have Lightroom and Photoshop CS3, I was able to tweak it up to a much better standard.
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DUCKS
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Anas superciliosis
Porphyrio porphyrio, Gallinula tenebrosa & Anas castanea
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lallymac
Stunning clarity and composition. Thank you for adding this image to the Waterfowl group.
Dennis Gay replied
G’day LallyMac,
Nice to see you at The Binacle and that you are first to spot this ducky showoff. Many thanks for your most encouraging “Stunning…” wrap for my avarian efforts.
GB
Dennis
naturelover
This is beautiful Dennis-superb shot!
Dennis Gay replied
G’day Laura,
Nice to see you at The Binacle and that you have spotted this ducky showoff. Many thanks for your most encouraging “…superb…” wrap for my avarian efforts.
GB
Dennis
Rosalie Dale IPA
Excellent recovery work Dennis … !!
Dennis Gay replied
G’day Rosalie,
Nice to see you at The Binacle and that you have spotted this ducky showoff. Many thanks for your most encouraging “Excellent…” wrap for my avarian efforts.
GB
Dennis
Cyril Marchand
Nice shot Dennis !
Dennis Gay replied
G’day Cyril,
Nice to see you at The Binacle and that you have spotted this ducky showoff. Many thanks for your most encouraging “Nice shot…” wrap for my avarian efforts.
GB
Dennis
Maximus
Not the little black duck… Dennis stop scaring the birds mate. :)
Dennis Gay replied
G’day Max,
Nice to see you at The Binacle and that you have spotted this ducky showoff. Many thanks for your interesting comment on my avarian efforts.
GB
Dennis
odarkeone
The duck has landed right in the middle
Great capture & rework well done
Dennis Gay replied
G’day Mr Darke,
Nice to see you at The Binacle and that you have spotted this ducky showoff. Many thanks for your most encouraging “…Great work…” wrap for my avarian efforts.
No, the bird was not landing. He was doing a tail-stand-wing-flap display to scare off rivals and impress the ladies.
GB
Dennis
Tiamaria
OK Dennis, he has impressed this lady! Love the water and love the reflections. Well done on another great capture.
Dennis Gay replied
G’day Tiamaria,
Nice to see you at The Binacle and that you have spotted this ducky showoff. Many thanks for your most encouraging “…Well done…” wrap for my avarian efforts.
GB
Dennis
sweetscent62
What a great capture Dennis : ) definitely a once off… great spotting..and congrats with the reworking of your original image to produce this beauty! Wen x
Dennis Gay replied
G’day Wendy,
Nice to see you at The Binacle and that you have spotted this ducky showoff. Many thanks for your most encouraging “…great capture…” wrap for my avarian efforts.
Thank you too for the honour of adding this work to your favourites.
GB
Dennis
Dennis Gay
G’day HarrietRN …. wherever you are …..,
Thank you for adding this work to your favourites. I can only assume by this action that you like it. Please fell free to return any time to let me know just what it is you like about it.
Thank you too for adding my portfolio to your watch list. I hope it lives up to your expectations.
GB
Dennis
Torfinn Johann...
Excellent! Great colours, details, and reflections.
Dennis Gay replied
G’day Torfinn,
Nice to see you at The Binacle and that you have spotted this ducky showoff. Many thanks for your most encouraging “Excellent!...” wrap for my avarian efforts.
Thank you too for the honour of adding this work to your favourites.
GB
Dennis