Ring-Necked Glide

Gallery: AvianPosted November 18, 2015113 views8 comments

I caught this Ring-Necked Drake as he was gliding in for a landing. Processed using Lightroom 5 and Photoshop CC 2014. Comments and critiques welcome.

Canon 7D Mark II
Canon 200-400 f4 L IS
f6.3
1/1000s
Focal Length 560mm (Teleconverter Engaged)
ISO 320

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Cay-Uwe Kulzer on November 19, 2015 at 12:59 AM

Jerry,

nice glinding action, background and placement of the subject in the frame. The head seems to be a bit softer then the rest of the body, but still OK, also on the largere version.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on November 19, 2015 at 7:16 AM

Wow, excellent flight shot, Jerry ! Beautiful colors throughout the image ! devil

, Hans

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on November 19, 2015 at 8:26 AM

Jerry,
Perfect pose, I agree that the head seems a little soft?

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on November 19, 2015 at 11:57 AM

Good action and a nice catch. Looks like the point of focus was on the right wing. cool

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Comment posted by May Haga on November 19, 2015 at 2:51 PM

Nicely captured Jerry. It would be even better if he were facing our way
May

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on November 19, 2015 at 3:00 PM

Nice glide angle, Jerry. It looks like your autofocus got fooled by the near wing as it and the side are nice and sharp, but the head seems rather soft.

devil

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on November 19, 2015 at 4:34 PM

Hi Jerry, the head is a little soft as mentioned already but other than that this is a really cool shot. Great color palette and if it was flying toward you it probably would have all worked out fine. You got any more?

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on November 20, 2015 at 3:24 PM

Nice exposure and timing on this Jerry. I do wish he wasn't turned away from you and the head seems a tad soft to me. I am not sure if this is FF or a crop, so hard to say the exact reason without knowing all the facts. However, I see you were at ISO 320 and 1/1000. If you would have moved to ISO 640 or even 800, your SS would have been closer to 1/200 or 1/3200 and helped with any softness due to movement. Plus it would have enabled you to stop down to 7.1 or 8. These guys are fast. Personally, I am always trying to get a SS of 1/2000 or higher on ducks.

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