Female Wood Duck

Gallery: AvianPosted October 4, 2010194 views17 comments

D300s
600mm
f/4
1/3200
ISO 320
Exposure Comp -1.0
Aperature Priority mode
Matrix
Cropped 25%
Sunny white balance
Tripod/wimberly
Once again shot in full sunny conditions. Comments and suggestions welcomed. Please see larger version for critiques. Thanks in advance.

Comments

17 comments

Comment posted by Monica Siri on October 4, 2010 at 10:16 AM

David,
the detail, colors and flight pose are very well captured. Beautiful background too.

Registered on September 20, 2009, 132 Posts, 3764 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on October 4, 2010 at 10:41 AM

Nice wing position and overall composition, David. Good detail and I like the bg.

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Andy Shepherd on October 4, 2010 at 11:08 AM

Excellent flight shot David and some very complimentary colours in that BG, smart shot.

Andy...

Registered on September 24, 2006, 123 Posts, 1254 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Gulash on October 4, 2010 at 12:09 PM

Very pleasing flight photo. I particularly like the slightly elevated position of the duck relative to the photographer. Hard to suggest anything for improvement.

Registered on January 28, 2005, 879 Posts, 12098 Comments

Comment posted by KC Choo on October 4, 2010 at 12:27 PM

Nice shot with great wing position.

Registered on November 15, 2004, 519 Posts, 8278 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on October 4, 2010 at 12:33 PM

A nice flight shot: good wing position; sharp; good exposure; good background.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1031 Posts, 12705 Comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on October 4, 2010 at 1:17 PM

She's a beauty, well done especially so in full sunny conditions. I like the muted colors of both bird and bg.

Registered on February 1, 2006, 1158 Posts, 19528 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Walters on October 4, 2010 at 5:09 PM

Love the position and the details in the wings. Great background color as well.

Registered on October 30, 2005, 405 Posts, 3693 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on October 4, 2010 at 5:11 PM

Another nice woodie David. Nice sharpness and great wing position. BG is great too. Well done.

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Comment posted by Axel Hildebrandt on October 4, 2010 at 6:05 PM

Wing position and BG look very good.

Registered on October 16, 2006, 66 Posts, 441 Comments

Comment posted by David Haynes on October 4, 2010 at 7:53 PM

Rich,
Your nit is noted.

We'll work on getting your name on it in January/February when you come out to San Diego to see your brother. These last two images of the wood ducks were both taken in San Diego. The woodies are arriving daily with a couple hundred at my favorite place now.

To everyone....thank you for your kind words.

Registered on February 20, 2010, 110 Posts, 1511 Comments

Comment posted by Mia McPherson on October 4, 2010 at 8:10 PM

David,

Not only is the flight pose wonderful that background is great and compliments the bird's natural coloring very well. I like the comp, eye contact and the exposure (which must have been a challenge).

Registered on June 25, 2007, 491 Posts, 12566 Comments

Comment posted by Angela McCain on October 4, 2010 at 10:19 PM

Bird, BG and crop are all great. Like the detail in the larger version.

Registered on April 19, 2009, 367 Posts, 3589 Comments

Comment posted by Rob Drummond on October 5, 2010 at 7:14 AM

I really like the almost watercolour feel about this David

cheers
Rob

Registered on November 8, 2003, 617 Posts, 8267 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Dudley on October 5, 2010 at 9:14 AM

A beauty David. Sharpness, wing position and background really stand out for me. No blown whites either.