Handsome Glider

Gallery: AvianPosted April 19, 201574 views7 comments

Caught this handsome guy at the local lake. I liked the curved wings and the frozen action. I also liked the fact that you can see water droplets on the belly. I have noticed this before on flying ducks. It is amazing that these drops stay on considering the speed these guys are traveling.

Processed using Lightroom 5 and Photoshop CC 2014. Comments and critiques welcome.

Canon 7D Mark II

Canon 200-400 f4 L IS

f7.1

1/4000s

ISO 640

Focal Length 560mm (Teleconverter Engaged)

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Hans Overduin on April 19, 2015 at 10:53 AM

Quite an achievement, considered how fast these guys can speed by... Hats off ! Cheers, Hans

Registered on August 31, 2011, 491 Posts, 3807 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 19, 2015 at 12:14 PM

Sweet flight shot, Jerry. Excellent work keeping up with one of these fast flyers.

devil

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on April 19, 2015 at 11:06 PM

Nice and sharp, good detail and great color.

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Comment posted by Betty-Lou Luyken on April 20, 2015 at 11:52 AM

A very nice shot of a common but very handsome bird. I agree with you completely about the curved wings and frozen action. There's a lot detail as well. Congrats on this very nice shot.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on April 20, 2015 at 10:13 PM

Nice clean, sharp flight image Jerry. techs look great on this. I usually like the wings up or down, but it is nice to see a different wing position like this.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on April 21, 2015 at 9:40 PM

Very nice light, interesting wing position he looks like he's suspended in mid air. devil

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on April 24, 2015 at 5:14 AM

Grat deatil Jerry - I agree about the curved wings

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