Black-bellied Whistling Duck

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image at Circle B Bar Reserve a while back, recently working on it. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D7000
Nikon 80-400mm F4.5/5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm (600mm FFE)
1/1600 F/5.6 Matrix Metering + 1 EV ISO 800
Post processed in Lightroom 5 and Photoshop Elements 10
Cropped for composition

[gail bisson]

Hi Joe,
Lots to like her. Good sharpness, good wing position ( although all the way down is my favorite!).
I wonder if this was slightly underexposed as I see a bit of noise in the underwing. Did you have to bring up the exposure in PP?
I would deal with the noise.
I also see a green cast under the chin and tail which is easily fixed in PP.
I like the visible veins in the webbing of the feet.
Gail

[keith mitchell]

Hi Joe wish my eyes were the same standard as Gail's,noise and green cast elude these old eyes of mine, never got a decent flight shot myself so I would be very pleased with this fine shot.

Keith.