Golden water and birds

[Mad Aussie]

[jjeling]

Nice job MA. The colors are really working well here. This does make me kind of curious though.
You can tell you used the flash by the red eyes in the images. Not only that, the ducks are lit pretty well despite the lighting coming from their other side. Im assuming you took these at sunset and guessing you set your white balance for the flash?

I prefer the second one the most of the three. The first and last show show the problems using the flash IMO. The second one looks pretty nice though. Very relaxing feel to it. Kind of wish I were those ducks.

[Mad Aussie]

I took these at sunrise this morning. The glow is the sun reflecting off a building in the background back onto the water.

Being that it was dark, and I had moving subjects, flash was the only option. What you call a problem with flash is what made the photo possible at all.
As you can see though, I was careful not to use too much. I could have taken time to reduce the red eye effects but decided it didn't matter.

Auto white balance ... shot in RAW/jpg but just accepted the jpg as the colour cast worked.

[Mad Aussie]

I should clone that piece of grass away from the Moorhens neck in that first shot

[jjeling]

I understand that flash made the image possible. Sometimes its a necessary evil. Just the way I see it sometimes.

I was wondering what that bird was. It is quite an ugly thing..

[Mad Aussie]

I should clone that piece of grass away from the Moorhens neck in that first shot

That's better

[casil403]

Those ducks remind me of bank robbers!
Is that a young moorhen?...seems a bit downy for an adult.

[Mad Aussie]

I understand that flash made the image possible. Sometimes its a necessary evil. Just the way I see it sometimes.

I was wondering what that bird was. It is quite an ugly thing..

It's a juvenile Dusty Moorhen ...

He'll grow up to be a great dancer one day like his daddy ...

[Mad Aussie]

Those ducks remind me of bank robbers!
Is that a young moorhen?...seems a bit downy for an adult.

You posted moments before I answered that question above this post. Well done it is indeed.

[casil403]

Gosh...all your birds have such neat faces and colours MA....very cool!
hey...I noticed you also have Bower birds...any shots of their mating sculptures?