THE NEW KIDS

[douglas hayes]

First year woodys shot in shaded slough with fall water colours.

MkIV 500MM +1.4III 5.6 1/640 800 ISO

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the reflections and water texture of the foreground. Looks like a big crop. I would go with a pano crop to eliminate the upper BG and add more room to our left for the ducks to swim into.

[Marina Scarr]

Lovely reflections and I like the green water. I think Jim's idea of a pano crop would work nicely here.

[douglas hayes]

Something like this

[Bob Pelkey]

I can't help but have an adrenaline rush whenever I see this species in the wild, even with the species' flight at a half mile distance, Douglas. A great find for you. The pano image is quite remarkable with the colors striking. A counter-clockwise image rotation should be considered as well.