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So today I came into the computer lab on two separate occasions to edit  some pictures and post a blog. Both times there was someone sitting at the computer I have all of my pictures uploaded to. So, instead of editing a photo and uploading it, this week I will be posting a couple pictures of some dope looking ducks (surprise). The first duck is a Baikal Teal. The Baikal Teal are mainly found in China, Japan, and parts of Korea. They are some of the coolest ducks out there. The next photo is a Mandarin Wood duck. The Mandarin also calls Asia home, but has recently been spotted in parts of Northern California.  They are some of the coolest looking ducks there are in my opinion.

Share 2 and Critique Deer

Deer Butt

ISO 560

f 16 

1/125

B&W

ISO 800

f 5.6

1/80

Common Merganser

Common Merganser shot on the Stillwater River on a cloudy day. Went fishing up to the Stillwater and while waiting for some trout to rise, I was able to capture some shots of this Merganser. I went into Lightroom and did some minor adjustment. I mainly stuck to the basic preset but I adjust the luminance and saturation of a few colors including orange, green, and yellow. I adjusted the orange so the head and bill would really pop. I  also adjusted the yellow of the moss to add some more color to the extremely gray background. 

ISO 320

f 7.1

1/250 sec
3:1

Updated Duck

This weeks blog is an update to my critique. I adjusted the crop of the picture to pull the leaf out of the corner so it wasn't exiting the frame in the corner. I also decreased the vibrancy on the color green to soften the leaf and pull focus onto the duck. I also attempted to brighten the eye to draw focus onto that. 

Before

After