White-faced Duck

[Stu Bowie]

A white-faced Duck captured at my local pond in Pretoria on saturday morning. I stood in another position which created this BG, other than the normal water BG. This is full frame, all I have done is reduce to size. The BG is natuarally OOF, and is as shot.

Canon 50D
100-400 @ 400mm
1/3200
F/5.6
ISO 500

Manual Exposure
Hand held

[Don Nelson]

Very nice. Excellent sharpness. Shows what you (and others like Daniel c.) can do with the 100-400.
I like the background and the way that you framed it -- even OOF the waterline shows below the bird. Dynamite wing position.

[christopher galeski]

very nice Stuart,nice BG,good detail and sharpness,as always good lighting.

[Ken Watkins]

Stuart,

It never cease to amaze me what remarkably good shots you can get of what many would consider slightly less "interesting" birds

[Dumay de Boulle]

Great BG, light and exp Stuu...Very nice!

[HadiAnsari]

hi Stuart
Great BG, light and exp.
Very nice

[Satish Ranadive]

Marvelous flight pose captured.Excellent BG colors complimenting to bird.
Love every thing about it in the image.
I am also using 100-400,however my images are no where near to your images.
Suggestion are highly appreciated.

Regards,
Satish.

[Sachin Saraf]

Stu, This is brilliant capture..Sharp, Well exposed and love that BG.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Gorgeous bg and light, great pose and exposure, Stu.
If anything, I'd move the bird further down in the frame.

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks a stack for all the feedback and kind words everyone.

Hi Sid, I totally agree that he could move down, but as he fitted so well in the frame as is, I left him.

[Alan Murphy]

Beautiful light and detail. Wis the dark band was not in the BG.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Thanks a stack for all the feedback and kind words everyone.

Hi Sid, I totally agree that he could move down, but as he fitted so well in the frame as is, I left him.


Ah I missed that this was FF. My bad. Brilliant image, especially considering this is FF!

[Markus Jais]

Great wing pose with beautiful light and colors. Great details and sharpness.
Agree with Alan about the dark band in the BG but don't find it very distracting.

Markus

[Karl Egressy]

Great flight shot with excellent sharpness and background, Stuart.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Stuart, I always love your flight shots of this bird. Great light and BG. And very sharp. Excellent stuff.

[Matthew Studebaker]

so outstanding. Amazing light, background, pose. I don't see how it could get any better.

[Rachel Hollander]

Stuart -love the colors and detail. Excellent flight shot.

TFS,
Rachel

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks for all your feedback everyone.

[Morkel Erasmus]

You're a master of these, mate! The exposure is perfect, so easy to undercook the blacks or overcook the white face...
Stunningly sharp and love that BG. I need to visit AR again sometime...

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Great capture. Absolutely love the 'pose' and the warm background just gives it that calm feeling.

[Frank Schauf]

Gorgeous light, comp and pose. Congrats on this one.