African Black Duck

[Dudley Watson]

Image captured handheld at local pond in Sandton South Africa.

Nikon D3S
500 mm F4 Lens with 1.4 TC
F6.3
S/s 1/3200 sec
ISO 1100
E/c -0.7

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[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice flight pose with the duck cruising by just above the water. The speculum shows nicely, which is a nice touch. The light was difficult, with the underside of the subject difficult to get details out of and some blocked blacks too.

[gail bisson]

Very nice wing position and the purple looks great. Good incoming wing position as well.
I would clean up the specular highlights in the water .
Agree with Daniel re: light and blacks.
Gail

[Marina Scarr]

A fine looking flight pose. Terrific angle on the bird and love the wings. Needs just a touch of rotation.

[Satish Ranadive]

Beautiful flight pose captured.Looks little dark on my monitor.Nice colors of speculum. I like the HA and eye contact.

Regards,
Satish.

[Dudley Watson]

Thanks for your comments much appreciated. The duck was chased by an Eygptian Goose with offspring on the pond and came with light behind giving
a difficult image to process.