Long-tailed Duck.

[Karl Egressy]

I spent some time at this place on first of January, which is good for shooting Long-tailed Ducks in flight.
You are on high ground, and shooting them in the water is challenging.
Thanks for looking.

Canon 1D MIV
Canon 500 f4.0 L IS , Canon 1.4x III
Manual Exposure
ISO 800
f7.1
1/2500 s
Hand held


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[Mike Milicia]

Lovely image, Karl ... excellent exposure and great topside view!
Water BG has just the right amount of detail to give a sense of place without being distracting and the color is great!

[David Salem]

Great job getting this one Karl. Love the top side view and the great body, wing and HA. Exposure looks good and the bird is nice and sharp. Dosnt get too much better than this!! A very productive New years day for you.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image of long tail duck in flight.I like the exposure,very nice HA, wing position,beautiful colors.
Love the way duck pops up against blues,eye,pink beak and long tail.
Whites on neck looks little brighter on my monitor?

Regards,
Satish.

[Don Nelson]

outstanding flight capture with killer head position. I like this image of one of my favorite ducks.

[Nick Palmieri]

This is a great capture, love the position of the bird in the frame and head angle. Whites look a little bright on my monitor but I don't think they are blown. Real nice job on this one!

[Marina Scarr]

You're really nailing your images, Karl, and this one is no different. Love that pose and the little glance the duck appears to be giving you. Lovely light. Terrific angle. Wish it were mine.

[Matthew Studebaker]

Exposure: good
Detail: a little on the lacking side, but that's being really picky. It looks like either noise reduction was run on the feathers, or this was a fair crop
Light: very nice!
Pose: great pose
Background, good wave background without being distracting
Composition: good! Nice shot Karl

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Excellent flight pose and great eye contact Karl. A great species that I hope to photograph some day.
Agree with Matthew re. the detail. If this isn't a big crop I'm really hoping that you can reprocess to present more details.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I agree about the details, but I like everything else here. Wonderful colours to the water!

[PhilCook]

A really great and different angle of shot on this one Karl, excellent perspective. Lots of detail and liking the eye contact with photographer. Some whites look hot to me mostly the neck and top of head

[Greg Oakley]

Lovely flight shot Karl - agree that the whites are a little hot, but it's a fine image,
Cheers Greg

[Jon Swanson]

Fantastic flight shot Karl. Love the eye contact too!