Northern Pintail

Gallery: AvianPosted December 6, 20162,499 views15 comments

Getting nice flight images of these beautiful ducks has always been a challenge. Last week at the Bosque, there was a location with plenty of opportunities to capture a few images. This was one I liked.

Canon 7D Mark II
500mm f/4
1/1600 @ f/6.3
ISO 400

Cropped for composition

The larger version is a lot better to view for details.

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by William Bickle on December 7, 2016 at 8:59 AM

Hello Keith,... Great tones overall with an excellent clean background. The wings look great and tail to head appear sharp with excellent detail.

Thanks for sharing

Bill
www.BillBickle.com
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Registered on June 13, 2011, 183 Posts, 1702 Comments

Comment posted by Jerry Austin on December 7, 2016 at 9:20 AM

One of my favorite ducks. I have only photographed them once. Where at Bosque did you see them?

Registered on January 6, 2012, 651 Posts, 3448 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on December 7, 2016 at 10:21 AM

Excellent. The whites on this species always makes exposure a challenge, at least for me. It seemed there were more pintails this year than usual.

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on December 7, 2016 at 10:43 AM

Superb in every way, Keith. The detail is excellent, and the posture, along with the upward curve of the pin tail, make for a fine flight image.

Registered on July 21, 2004, 706 Posts, 3233 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on December 7, 2016 at 2:34 PM

A typically lovely Bosque bg and a beautiful shot of the Pintail, Keith. The view of the wing is wonderful.

devil

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

Comment posted by David Schoen on December 7, 2016 at 7:24 PM

Impressive detail for a flight photo at 1/1600 at 6.3. You must have been handing quite steadily to get this level of sharpness. The background is perfect to set off this level of color and detail.

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Comment posted by Sandra M. Apel on December 7, 2016 at 8:58 PM

Perfect display of the pintail's plumage. The detail is super fine. Great capture

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on December 8, 2016 at 5:12 AM

Doesn't get much better than this -
Excellent image!
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Thompson on December 8, 2016 at 2:22 PM

Outstanding Keith, everything is working in this image. Background color matches the Pintail perfectly and the pose is quite interesting. Your choice of the slight pano crop works very well. Great detail in the duck too. Well done!

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on December 9, 2016 at 6:40 AM

Whoa

Awesome flight capture of this handsome drake Keith. Sweet flight position and sharp details.

A Beauty!!!

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Comment posted by Steve Gettle on December 9, 2016 at 9:29 AM

Nice work Keith on my "wantlist"

Registered on November 29, 2016, 36 Posts, 111 Comments

Comment posted by Hans Overduin on December 10, 2016 at 11:51 AM

... The curved back makes the image for me. Colors, crop and techs are great.. Nice one, Keith ! Cheers, Hans

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

Comment posted by Jim Gavin on December 11, 2016 at 12:37 AM

The best shot of a drake pintail that I have seen. Magnificent!

Registered on August 14, 2008, 293 Posts, 1250 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on December 13, 2016 at 10:10 PM

This turned out great Keith! I like the decision for a pano crop on this one. Really nice to see you again. Hope your workshop went well.

Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments

Comment posted by Jenaya Launstein on March 23, 2017 at 1:08 PM

I would love to have this one in my portfolio. I know what you mean about the difficulty in getting good flight shots of waterfowl, it can get pretty frustrating sometimes. I'm sure my dad would be jealous over this one, he's in love with Pintails, haha.

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