Long Long-tailed Duck Diving

[Arthur Morris]

Wow. What a day. After and excellent first 1 1/2 days today, SUN 1-20-2103 was a dream day at the Barnegat Jetty. All five folks on the BAA/A Creative Adventure IPT left thrilled. This was one of my very favorite images from the day and the trip.

Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens with the 1.4X III TC and the EOS-1D X. ISO 800. Evaluative metering -1 stop: 1/2000 sec. at f/9.

Don't be shy; all comments welcome.

To see what fate befell me on Friday and Saturday, see, "Shooting Blanks; Do As I Say, Not As I Do" here. (http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/2013/01/20/shooting-blanks-do-as-i-say-not-as-i-do/)

[Greg Oakley]

Great capture Arthur - the water droplets coming off the tail are awesome!
Cheers, Greg

[dankearl]

I love these diving duck photos and keep trying to get them at the Point of entry like this.
Very tough to get, it happens as quick as flight.
I like the tail flip!

[Randy Stout]

Artie:

The dive is nice, but as Greg and Dan mentioned, the tail flip is what makes it special.

Cheers

Randy

[Satish Ranadive]

Arthur Sir:
Magnificent moment captured, great timing.
Love the pose,beautiful colors,sharpness, reflection of neck and head colors on wave and above all trailing of water droplets from the tail.

Regards,
Satish.

[Alan Murphy]

Like your crop decision here. The tail trail is great as is your dive timing.

[Rachel Hollander]

Artie - It was a fantastic day and this image is all the more perfect because I know how hard you worked to achieve it. Great timing and the tail makes it for me. Pano works super here too.

TFS and for the fantastic IPT/Creative Adventure,
Rachel

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Artie, this is different and I like it lots. Pano suits the diving pose, and overall well exposed and sharp. I like the surrounding choppy water, and even though everyone has mentioned it already - yes that curled water spray from the tail puts this over the top. Well captured.

[Faraaz Abdool]

Amazing shot - I didn't even see the droplets at first! Only once I managed to time the dive properly, and the duck dove right out the frame...