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Mandarin ducks, Lakes Aquarium, Windermere, Cumbria, England

Mandarin ducks, Lakes Aquarium, Windermere, Cumbria, England
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Canon EOS 60D

settings

Aperture f/5.6 ISO 1250 Shutter 1/200 Focal Length 126/1

location

Windermere, Cumbria, GB

upload_date

Aug, 2018

Views

1378

Likes

+292

Awards

Winner in Beautiful Birds Photo Challenge

People's Choice in Best Duck Photo Photo Challenge

Winner in Ducks Photo Challenge

Winner in Colourful Water Fowl Photo Challenge

People's Choice in Exotic Birds Photo Challenge

Peer Award

+112

Absolute Masterpiece

+25

Magnificent Capture

+16

Top Choice

+15

Superb Composition

+11

All Star

Outstanding Creativity

Superior Skill

Emotions

Impressed

Top Ranks

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank week 1

Top 20 rank

Top 10 rank

Top 20 rank week 1

Categories

Platinum

Beautiful capture and image. The light and contrast are wonderful. Congratulations.

Thank you Jayne

Beautiful shot with great composition and details 👍👍👍👍 and congratulations on your people's choice award 👏👏👏👏👏👏 regards Lokesh Aeri

Thank you Lokesh

Awesome capture!

Thank you Esa

Amazing colour and clarity, well done.

Thank you

PRO+

Beautiful! Wonderful composition. Thank you for joining my "All Kinds of Ducks!" Good Luck!

Thank you

Platinum

Congradulations on winning my challenge. A wonderful shot really bright colours against that black background .Well done

Thank you Tony.

WHAT A LOVELY CAPTURE! Thank you for participating in my challenge! Adding to if we could pick more than one winner collection.

Thank you

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Behind The Lens

Location

I took this photo in Lakes Aquarium - Windermere

Time

This was taken on April 05, 2014 at 14:07

Lighting

These ducks were swimming in a corner and it was a bit dark. There were no bright surfaces nearby to reflect in the water apart from a couple of flood lights perfectly positioned making it look like a studio lit scene.

Equipment

This was shot on a Canon EOS 60D (EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM Lens).

Inspiration

It was the first time I saw a Mandarin duck.

Editing

I used Photoshop to get rid of some dull reflections on the edges, a flood light on the top right and reduced the highlights as the whites were a bit blown out.

In my camera bag

I usually carry my Canon EOS 60D with 18-135mm lens, an extra battery, a light weight tripod, remote and variable ND filter.

Feedback

If you ever happen to be in Lake District, Lakes Aquarium is a place worth visiting. It is the one of the most visited paying tourist attraction in Cumbria.

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