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Kodiak

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  1. CONTINUED…

     

     

    I had a big surprise as I arrived at the marsh:

     

    I was, of course, looking for my baby and, as she has a quite
    discrete plumage that doesn't make it easy to spot her quickly,
    my eye was caught by this flamboyant individual. I knew right
    then that my goose was cooked.

     

    He was something to see and, as usual, she just ignored me!

     

    This being the first time I had a chance to see in person and to

    photograph a Mandarin drake in all it glory… as he put a definite

    end to my platonic illusions.

     

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    …a great couple that is!

     

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    No, oh no… she's doing it in front of my eyes… and lens!

    She is seducing him…

     

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    Lucky guys!

     

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    Doesn't she look happy?

     

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    I hate him already… sniff!

     

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    As always:

     

    Have a look, have a good time

     

    C&C welcomed!

     

    Shot with a 600mm ƒ4 @ ƒ8 lens on a D810

     

    AP was used to clean up debris and other

    stuff that was not contributing positively to

    the visual quality of the takes.

  2.  

    Introduction.

    Since some 10 days, I'm going around (not fast nor far!) with

    a set of crutches after a severe fall in an icy outdoor stairway

    that twisted my left ankle. —"That 's a good one"… said the

    surgeon, "No need to operate though that will nail or slow you

    down for some time, I'm afraid!"

     

    Yesterday, I couldn't stand it anymore. I asked a friend to

    help me put the wildlife gear in the car and drive me to 

    the marsh for a couple of hours.

     

    Do you remember this girl (young female Mandarin duck) who grabbed

    my heart in the middle of December?

     

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    Though I was hooked in a rather platonic affair, she broke my heart… but

    I'm happy for her… I had the feeling that this romance had no future.

     

     

    Followed in the next post…

  3. …in this price range, i can say  that Affinity photo is unbeatable!

     

    Very cool… colours, tonalities… brilliant!

     

    If I may, I see two light sources in this scene… really?

    The projection of the reflection of NATURE in the water

    is not justified by the perspective nor the water.

     

    …but these are the view of a photographer and may

    be totally irrelevant!

  4. I take a photo in a close ambient with only yellow warm light of the internal lamps.

    Photo is good but it has a dominance of yellow.

     

    That's quite normal but you should not worry about that;

    as WB is the lesser evil in the recorded data.

     

    Maybe you could set the WB on AUTO in the camera.

     

    Tried to fix it with "white balance" and colors become regular.

     

    But, I like most the photo how it was before, it is warmer and representative of the moment.

     

    I wonder : is it an error maintain the photo like was in original ?

     

    Like many other parameters, WB is subject to your artistic

    intent. So the rule in such cases is: if you made an educated 

    decision and it pleases you, then it goes!

  5. did I miss something? Last time I checked the develop persona was destructive

     

     

    Now that you ring the bell, maybe I should ask myself the question.

     

    I understood that all tweaks were recorded in the Afphoto files that

    ends up being ginormous BTW.

     

    I just watch this video but it doesn't clearly answer the point…

    https://vimeo.com/130963606

     

    So I have to admit that my "presumption" was wrong. Personally, when I

    learned that it could develop only one file at the time, I knew that I would

    not use the persona. My actual workflow is RAW conversion and publish-

    ing in Capture One Pro, and pixel edition only in AP when needed.

     

    Sorry I created false hopes! :)

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