At the lake (2)

[Isac]

Went to the lake yesterday and snapped a few of the locals. (Part-2).
#1 - Female Shelduck

#2 - Male Shelduck

#3 - Kookaburra

#4 - Purple Moorhen

[Ozzie_Traveller]

G'day mate

4 keepers amongst that lot
Q- there's something about the kooka background that bothers me, but can't quite put my finger on it

Phil

[Isac]

Thanks Phil. The kooka was in a bit of a dull part of the bush and it was a bit windy. Only cropped and slight sharpen. Here's the exif data: 1/640 sec | Aperture priority | F 6.3 | ISO 1600 | 500 mm | Center weighted average Metering.

[Ozzie_Traveller]

Thx mate ... pretty good for 1600 ISO too
Phil

[Isac]

On looking at the background, it is a real mess of twigs and bushes and does look a bit weird, especially when it is blurred.

[Ironwood]

Ive never seen those Shelducks before, nice looking birds, and well photographed.

[Isac]

Thank you Ironwood. There is plenty of them round here and they always have their bubs here as well, The bubs are very cute and fluffy and completely oblivious to humans when they are being shown how to hunt for their food by mum and dad. Hopefully another big batch this spring. The 2 black swans have returned to nest here so some cygnets might be on the way too.

[avkomp]

prefer the shell ducks in this series, the bokeh on the kooka looks kinda funky as has been suggested. the bisecting twig is a bummer too. magic water on the duckies too good work

[Isac]

Thanks Stephen. Glad you like the Shelducks, They seem to like our lake a lot. The twig can be easily cloned out I guess.