Cinny

Cinnamon Teal drake from the same morning I shot the Blue-Winged Teal. In fact, these fellas were hanging out together.

R5
640mm
Handheld
1/6400
ISO 1250
f7.1

LR and PS. Added a sliver of canvas and evicted a few small bright specs on the head.

Brian: Lovely bird, pose, soft BG. Perhaps a bit too contrasty for my personal taste.

Seems like a great spot!

Randy

Randy Stout said:

Brian: Lovely bird, pose, soft BG. Perhaps a bit too contrasty for my personal taste.

Seems like a great spot!

Randy

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Appreciate it Randy. It is a very nice spot, and particularly unique because it's just a temporary holding pond.

While away from the Avian forum, I tend to get a more contrasty appeal from my western world friends. Should always err on the side of less punchy here :tinysmile_shy_t:

Ohlallala ... Brian , fireworks on steroids :bg3:
This is tough , but I do like the RP better !!!!
Superb Patterns and color /tones ... are they such colorful in real life when the light is right ???!!!
Regardless of any color , love the shot and the perfect wing pose .

Brilliant work ...

TFS Andreas

Andreas Liedmann said:

Ohlallala ... Brian , fireworks on steroids :bg3:
This is tough , but I do like the RP better !!!!
Superb Patterns and color /tones ... are they such colorful in real life when the light is right ???!!!
Regardless of any color , love the shot and the perfect wing pose .

Brilliant work ...

TFS Andreas

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Always appreciate your feedback Andreas!

So interestingly, this subspecies is closely related to the Blue-winged Teal I recently posted. They actually share the same wing patterns And of course, I beef up the colors a little but they are pretty true to real life here, including the "cinnamon" effect in the body and head plumage.

Super shot Brian - ideal pose, maybe I am just jealous over the colours but they do look intense!! I can't really comment because I haven't seen one of these before.

Jonathan Ashton said:

Super shot Brian - ideal pose, maybe I am just jealous over the colours but they do look intense!! I can't really comment because I haven't seen one of these before.

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Appreciate it Jon. The colors on this are quite true to reality IMO. The body really does have that Cinnamon coloration, which is where the species got its name.