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Coot
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Uploaded: 02/23/12 4:58 AM GMT
Coot
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Now whether this is a cute coot is an argument up for depart. One I'm sure ornithologists will be debating for many minutes until they get distracted by a gavia immer making some noise three lakes over.
I happened upon this feathered fellow doing his best to mingle with the mallards down at the duck pond. As you can see they were having nothing to do with him. I can kind of empathize with him.
Enjoy and your comments welcomed.
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The Old Coot, the duck not Skitzo, must have taken the Red Eye flight from Atascadero Lake, Wendell. You must think I am looney if you think I am going to buy the story about the gravy innards three lakes over.
Good focus on the duck.
The background is kinda like meeting a car with its bright lights on Wendell. After you get focused, it is all right.
Good work.
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Good focus on the duck.
The background is kinda like meeting a car with its bright lights on Wendell. After you get focused, it is all right.
Good work.
TicK
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People are like cameras--sometimes they lose focus.
Wendell - Those red eyes, a trademark of the coot, pop in this image. I like the mirror effect on the lake, also. Thad
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If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera. ~Lewis Hine The Earth without art is just 'eh'.
Very nice photo with stunning colours and light and love the ripples over the water in this shot.
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Super shot Wendell and Love the rippled reflections and those gorgeous colours
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The background is distracting when you first look at the picture, and after that, it is part of what makes the image really interesting. I've always liked coots, young and old. Good shot.
Tom
Tom
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Not familiar with coots but they look like a red-eyed version of a duck - the background seems at first distracting but in the end works well as Tom said -
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"What a desolate place would be a world without a flower!
It would be a face without a smile, a feast without a welcome." A.J. Balfour
Very nice, Wendell. If you have a DOF tool, it would work nicely in taking the above water shore growth more out of focus, but leaving the reflections as is.
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The lighting and colors are gorgeous Wendell!!! An excellent comp too! A really beautiful capture :-)
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I like the subject, but I had a hard time focusing on parts of it. The coloring was great and the ripple to the water was interesting.
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This is a pretty successful nature shot, Wendell. More sharply focused than anything I've tried to photograph. Maybe I'll head down to the lake and shoot a cute coot. Nice job with the composition. The background is a little distracting, but there's not much you can do about that. Ya gotta love those red eyes.