Wigdeon males

A pair of wigdeon males migrating through the Arizona desert. Migrating fowl come through this part of the US in both fall and spring frequently. Fortunately, we live walking distance from a large enough body of water (rare in the desert) where they can be spotted.

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Stephen Philips

Lion

Curious which process peeps like best. https://www.jungledragon.com/image/55477 Posted 7 years ago
1. WildFlower
  
  Lion
  
  This one is warmer, but the other one looks more natural.
  https://www.jungledragon.com/image/55477/widgeon_take_two.html Posted 7 years ago
2. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  I also prefer the natural, colder tone in this case. The warmer tone has too much impact, affecting both the subject and its entire background, hinting that it is an effect. Plus, I'd generally associate ducks with more moderate colors.
  
  I'm wondering if you use Lightroom? If so, one trick I use quite a lot is to change tone based on color. You can change the hue, saturation and luminosity of individual colors rather than the whole image. Works quite well with large backgrounds to change toning here and there, yet not across the image.
  
  For full accuracy (as far as possible in post) there's also a picker in that panel. You should click it on a 20% gray tone in the image, next white balance is adjusted accordingly.
  
  It depends on the effect you're after, I suppose. Artful or reality. My preference, at least for this place, is close to reality, boosting it slightly where it makes sense.
  
  No rights or wrongs here :) Posted 7 years ago
3. 1. Stephen Philips
    
    Lion
    
    Thanks for the feedback Ferdy. I do use LR and apply color modifications with HSL frequently as well. The two examples were processed with completely different workflows (WF). The more natural appearance (my favorite as well) was used in Canon DDP4 and the other was in LR. In LR I was experimenting around with auto functions and picture profiles to speed up some of my WF. LR has always been my "go to" app for obvious reasons and I do have many presets that speed-up PP. But with the 5Ds r I find that LR does not handle sharpness, noise, and lens correction as effectively at DDP4 does.
    
    Natural is always best in my opinion unless you are shooting specifically for artistic impression. I love both but agree this format of photography should stay as clean and "real" as possible.
    
    As always, I appreciate you, this website, and its user group!
    
    Stephen Posted 7 years ago
  2. 1. Ferdy Christant
      
      Lion
      
      I know that feeling. LR is terrible in rendering Nikon RAW files, which means I have a great amount of work per photo to come even close what was on the LCD. I too use profiles here and there but its still a compromise.
      
      Sorry to ask to you this, but I do have to ask you to remove one of the two photos, as we have a rule that duplicates are not allowed. Hope you understand. Posted 7 years ago
    2. 1. Stephen Philips
        
        Lion
        
        I removed one, as I know dups are not allowed. Although, they were two separate images :-)
        
        Unfortunately, I removed the less desirable one since the other was a species intro. :-) :-) Posted 7 years ago, modified 7 years ago
      2. Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        Actually, the system is intelligent enough to know that when you delete a photo that is a species intro, the next in line photo of the same species will be granted the species intro. So it would have worked. Posted 7 years ago

Thibaud Aronson

Lion

Hi Stephen, for now, the ITIS classification doesn't recognize Mareca, so would you mind re-identifying your photo under Anas, please? Posted 6 years ago
1. Stephen Philips
  
  Lion
  
  Thibaud, I did not know all species within JD had to be recognized by ITIS. Is this the case? If so, are we to cross reference any new species introduction going forward against the ITIS organizations database? Posted 6 years ago

Stephen Philips

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ITIS taxonomy is based on the latest scientific consensus available, and is provided as a general reference source for interested parties. However, it is not a legal authority for statutory or regulatory purposes. While every effort has been made to provide the most reliable and up-to-date information available, ultimate legal requirements with respect to species are contained in provisions of treaties to which the United States is a party, wildlife statutes, regulations, and any applicable notices that have been published in the Federal Register. For further information on U.S. legal requirements with respect to protected taxa, please contact the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Posted 6 years ago
1. Thibaud Aronson
  
  Lion
  
  Hi Stephen, I was not suggesting that the ITIS is the best classification system available. It just happens to be the one that Ferdy chose to follow for JD.
  This is an excerpt from the species creation page (I can't remember if you're a mod and have access to the page or not).
  
  "Science has come up with multiple classification systems, yet JungleDragon can only use one, being the Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, or the related Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  The most reliable way to look up correct and consistent taxonomy information for a species is to look it up on eol.org. In the search result on eol.org, click the "names" tab to find the ITIS classification." Posted 6 years ago

Jivko Nakev

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Based on the published phylogeny, the genus Anas was split into four monophyletic genera with five extant species moved into the resurrected genus Mareca.
One of them is A.americana. Posted 6 years ago

The American wigeon

The American wigeon , also called a baldpate, is a species of dabbling duck found in North America. Formerly assigned to ''Anas'', this species is classified with the other wigeons in the dabbling duck genus ''Mareca''. It is the New World counterpart of the Eurasian wigeon. ''Mareca'' is from the Brazilian-Portuguese word ''Marréco'' for a small duck and ''americana'' refers to America.

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Species identified by Jivko Nakev

By Stephen Philips

Uploaded Dec 10, 2017. Captured in E Britton Way, Tucson, AZ 85739, USA.

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