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A Coot At Dawn
« on: April 13, 2015, 10:15:25 am »

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Re: A Duck At Dawn
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2015, 12:24:09 pm »

Looks like you are onto something here, Russ. I like the idea of being puzzled by surroundings, where the real thing ends and where the reflection starts, or which one is which. For that effect, I think that reducing the amount of the area surrounding the duck, and avoiding sharp transitions between light and shade would help. As well as having a more colorful duck ;)

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Re: A Duck At Dawn
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2015, 12:53:10 pm »

The last one works the best for me.

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Re: A Duck At Dawn
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2015, 01:40:53 pm »

Looks like you are onto something here, Russ. I like the idea of being puzzled by surroundings, where the real thing ends and where the reflection starts, or which one is which. For that effect, I think that reducing the amount of the area surrounding the duck, and avoiding sharp transitions between light and shade would help. As well as having a more colorful duck ;)

Thanks, Slobodan. Tomorrow morning I'll have a talk with the duck and tell him he's gotta shape up and get some color.

And Armand, I think I agree with you. The sun was just coming over the hills and hitting the water. Yesterday there was a pretty substantial rain, so the water was clean and, at that hour, quite black. The reflections got better and better this morning as I walked the river.
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Re: A Duck At Dawn
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2015, 01:50:38 pm »

It looks like a coot, but the body seems a bit lighter than ones I've seen.
Great set, and I agree with Slobodan's comments.
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Re: A Duck At Dawn
« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2015, 11:26:07 pm »

The first one is my favorite.  I like the smooth, cubist, abstract surface of the reflections on the water.  Really focuses your attention on the duck and its wake.
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Re: A Duck At Dawn
« Reply #6 on: April 16, 2015, 12:46:51 am »

It looks like a coot, but the body seems a bit lighter than ones I've seen.
Great set, and I agree with Slobodan's comments.


It's a coot.  A member of the rail family, not a duck.

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Re: A Duck At Dawn
« Reply #7 on: April 16, 2015, 06:26:02 am »

Thanks, David -- and Eric. Yeah. I looked it up.

Had a chat with the guy and he didn't really think he could increase his color. Just have to watch for a duck.
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