SOMERSET LEVELS 449 – MALLARD ON THE NORTH DRAIN (MONO)
March 8, 2020 4 Comments
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A pair of Mallard, one of our commonest ducks, on the calm waters of the North Drain, on Tealham Moor. The Drain is completely artificial, having been dug to help carry away water from this flat and frequently flooded landscape, some of which is below sea level.
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Technique: Z 6 with 70-300 Nikkor lens at 300mm; 400 ISO; jpeg created and processed in-camera from a raw file, using the Graphite profile; further processing in Lightroom and Capture NX2; the North Drain, on Tealham Moor, on the Somerset Levels southwest of Wedmore; 14 Feb 2020.
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It’s always interesting to see how small the main focal point can be in the frame. This is pretty impressive!
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Thank you, Andrew. Two ways of thinking about focal points, I suppose. Here, the ducks are the only dark objects away from the bank, and so they stand out in a picture which is really a white foreground, a black middle and a white sky. But also, if you mention a focal point in a picture’s title or description then, if its not immediately obvious, it may make people look deeper into the picture to try and find it. 🙂
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Interesting…I’ve seen images very much like this over here, not where we live now but where we used to live. I would probably not have chosen to go to such an extreme of contrasts, but it works – this is how I learn from you. 😉 Those Mallards, they get around!
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Yes, the contrast is extreme, but the aim was to simplify the scene, really just the two, tiny ducks, and the dark and reflected land + trees behind; blank water in the foreground and sky above; and those taller trees up on the right are important. How can I not feel flattered when you say you learn from me? I also feel extremely grateful. 🙂
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