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Happy duck. Wary duck.

Happy duck. Wary duck.
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Olympus E-M5MarkIII

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Aperture 64/10 ISO 64 Shutter 1/60 Focal Length 234/1

upload_date

Mar, 2021

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Peer Award

Behind The Lens

Location

Taken at a local fishing and community lake. There are plenty of open spaces, but I'm more interested in the quieter area which has many trees overhanging the waters.

Time

Due to the density of the foliage, not much direct sunlight hits the waters. However, I found mid-afternoon to be a great time in this area as most of the wildlife (and people!) will be on the other side of the lake since this is often when people visit to feed the waterfowl.

Lighting

Being fairly new to photography, I first noticed the lovely shine of green on this Mallard Duck's head before I thought about any kind of lighting. This little happy chappy seemed content by standing on the fishing peer, so I decided to let the camera play with the settings between numerous pictures. This image stood out to me as the twist of the duck's head to look back at me shows off the darker and more vibrant greens.

Equipment

Shot on an Olympus E-M5 Mk3. Aperture 64/10, ISO 64, Shutter 1/60, Focal Length 234/1.

Inspiration

I like to see if I can focus on a particular detail once I get a few pictures of the same animal. Sometimes the wonderful colors, sometimes it's the environment, but recently I've been wanting to capture an emotion or personality. This particular image came to be simply because the greens of this Mallard Duck looked fantastic as I was passing.

Editing

Just a simple edit using Windows as I want my pictures to stand with little editing. Although looking back, me thinks the sharpness is a bit much, but it's all a learning experience to look back on.

In my camera bag

My Olympus E-M5 Mk3 is my only digital camera. With this, I have a 75-300mm lens on at all times to get a closer shot of subjects as I walk, otherwise a 12-40mm lens is on hand if a particular part of the landscape stands out.

Feedback

Take many pictures, fiddle with the settings and play around with angles. (Obviously don't scare the wildlife in the process!) If you're new to photography, patience and perseverance can work out. Sometimes you get lucky.

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Happy duck. Wary duck.

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