Ducks

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This shot I took when I was in a bike track in the country ... nice ducks, this lake is lost in a big farm when, in the past, existed a corn mill. I used my old Minolta SRT100x, 135 mm tele lens and Kodak Ektapress Multispeed.

-- Charles Dias (deepblue97a@hotmail.com), May 20, 1999

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The light looks very harsh... based on the position of the shadows, I'd guess almost high noon. The ducks really aren't doing anything interesting, either. There's one with his head missing, and one "fluffing" himself, which could have been interesting if you'd focused in on him alone. Plus there are some wierd reflections in the water at the top. Lots of distracting elements.

Sorry, but this just doesn't do much for me. Try again perhaps in the early evening (softer light) and get closer?

-- Collin Houseal (collin@discipledesign.com), May 20, 1999.


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