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m9 duck in the wild


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It was shady after the rain, and newly formed ponds appeared under some trees. Ducks could only wade knee high. I needed some light to get the water to reflect so I used a Leica flash, m9, 90mm f4, low saturation, 160th sec, iso 80, +2 ev, flash. Post processing: crop only. Comments and criticism welcome.

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It was shady after the rain, and newly formed ponds appeared under some trees. Ducks could only wade knee high. I needed some light to get the water to reflect so I used a Leica flash, m9, 90mm f4, low saturation, 160th sec, iso 80, +2 ev, flash. Post processing: crop only. Comments and criticism welcome.

 

Nice. I should perhaps start using (fill-in) flash ...

Thanks "for telling the story behind the image" (!)

Telyt2003

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Nice. I should perhaps start using (fill-in) flash ...

Thanks "for telling the story behind the image" (!)

Telyt2003

Thanks for the comment. I did use fill in flash. I appreciate that you commented. Dan

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Same duck, different pose. This time I was standing farther back, I lowered the shutter speed to 1/45th and kicked up the flash one stop to make up for my distance away from the duck.

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Same duck, different pose. This time I was standing farther back, I lowered the shutter speed to 1/45th and kicked up the flash one stop to make up for my distance away from the duck.

 

Hello Dan,

thanks again!

Your second example of fill-in flash (the shining colours of the duck) even more clearly shows to ME that I (me) should start to consider using fill-in flash in such situations.

Thanks for sharing.

Telyt2003

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Hello Dan,

thanks again!

Your second example of fill-in flash (the shining colours of the duck) even more clearly shows to ME that I (me) should start to consider using fill-in flash in such situations.

Thanks for sharing.

Telyt2003

Hello Telyt2003, I took a 5 week class from E.K. Waller , a professor of photography, who taught a private seminar thru Samy's Camera. One of her week long assignments was "fill in flash". Prior to this class I rarely ever used a flash. In fact I had to buy a Leica SF 24D flash for the m9. The class forced me to learn how to incorporate flash into a photograph without making it look like I used a flash; and you know, getting that washed out look that I always got when using flash. I took hundreds of photographs that week just practicing the teacher's instructions. I submitted 5 photographs for the assignment that week. The above two photos were of the ones' I submitted for critique. Below is another, however the assignment was to capture motion with flash so I shot some birds with wings flapping their way out of the water onto a river bank. Thanks for the kind words and for looking at my photos. Dan

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