Long-tailed Duck.

[Karl Egressy]

Thanks for looking.

Canon 7dM2
Canon 100-400 f4.5-5.6 L IS M2
ISO
400
f 6.3
1/2000 s

[Randy Stout]

Karl:

Another beauty. The bank is great, just enough clouds in bg to give it some depth. Nicely exposed.

I might give a sliver more room top and bottom, but fine as is.

Cheers

Randy

[arash_hazeghi]

love the topside view and BG, but he is a bit soft, maybe more sharpening will help

TFS

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Karl, great banking angle showing the full wingspan. Excellent exposure, and love the hint of cloud in the sky BG.

[gail bisson]

What a great topside view of the LTD. I have been trying for 2 years to get this nice of a shot.
Kudos to you!
Is that the water with waves as a BG or is it the sky?
Gail

[Karl Egressy]

What a great topside view of the LTD. I have been trying for 2 years to get this nice of a shot.
Kudos to you!
Is that the water with waves as a BG or is it the sky?
Gail

Thanks Gail.
It's the water with some blur applied.

[William Dickson]

Great capture Karl. Nice image, maybe a wee bit more sharpening if it can take it. Well done.

I am still waiting for our LTD to arrive from Russia like they did last year :S3:

Thanks for sharing

[Roy Priest]

Karl, I agree it's a great banking top side view. Hope to get one like it in Nome this coming June. Great shot

[John Robinson]

Grand shot Karl. Just the rght banking angle. Irckon it could stand a tiny bi of darkening. No big deal though.
JohnR

[Arthur Morris]

Wow, wow, wow! Where was the active AF point?

[Karl Egressy]

Wow, wow, wow! Where was the active AF point?
Thank you Artie.
It was just below the head when the shot was taken.

[Marina Scarr]

Killer flight pose and one of the best I've seen of this species. I think I'd give it a little more room top, bottom and right. THe bird's head doesn't look sharp to my eyes.

[Arthur Morris]

Thank you Artie.
It was just below the head when the shot was taken.

Thanks Karl. You might try a Contrast Mask on the face only: Unsharp Mask at 15/65/0. On the optimized TIFF before you create the JPEG. As detailed in Digital Basics. (https://store.birdsasart.com/shop/item.aspx?itemid=252)

[Arthur Morris]

Killer flight pose and one of the best I've seen of this species. I think I'd give it a little more room top, bottom and right. THe bird's head doesn't look sharp to my eyes.

Agree on all points. Karl, would you be so kind as to post the full frame original as a JPEG?