Long-tailed Duck

[Karl Egressy]

I have had many BIF shots of this species throughout the years.
This image is most recent taken with a 7D Mark II that I bought again
after selling the first copy and regretted it, as I missed the reach.
Thanks for looking.

Canon 7D Mark II
Canon 100-400 L IS II. @ 400 mm
ISO 640
f 5.6
1/2500 s

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Karl, I think you may have missed the sharpening addition, looks soft, but if you apply some sharpening it brings the detail back.

Steve

[Karl Egressy]

Hi Karl, I think you may have missed the sharpening addition, looks soft, but if you apply some sharpening it brings the detail back.

Steve
Thanks, Steve. Here is one with some more sharpening without going overboard.

[William Dickson]

Repost is better Karl. Another lovely flight shot of this beautiful duck.

Will

[Bill Dix]

You're nailing these guys, Karl. No easy feat. This is a wonderful flight shot, and the repost makes all the difference.

[Steve Kaluski]

Here is one with some more sharpening without going overboard.

Hi Karl, yes it is, but personally, it 'could' go a tad more in key areas via masking???? Remember, this is 'perceptional' sharpening at this stage. :S3:

[Randy Stout]

Karl:

Repost is def. better to me, and I tend to go easy on the sharpening on my own images. Lovely dorsal display.

I might be tempted to give it a sliver more room on top, but very close as posted.

Cheers

Randy

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Karl! I like the wing position, water color, composition and repost looks a lot better.

[Ross Taylor]

Hi Karl,

The repost knocks my socks off! It almost looks 3-D over that wonderful BG.

Very nice shot ... very hard to find anything to critique! So I won't :)

TFS
Ross

[Daniel Cadieux]

Yep, that repost does it! Really nicely done. I love the dorsal view, very cool.

[Marina Scarr]

Super RP of an already killer flight shot on this stunning species. Light was gorgeous. I'd give it a sliver more on top than bottom.

[Gabriela Plesea]

Lovely BIF Karl - as always, such a pleasure to view your images!

RP much better in terms of sharpening, killer BG, love the wing position, crop, presentation, nice techs by the way:)

Superb shot, thank you for sharing, enjoyed viewing:cheers:

Kind regards,

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Brilliant capture, Karl. Repost improves an already outstanding BIF image.




Geoffrey

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Karl, excellent flying pose, as this angle shows off everything. I like the colours and detail, and he pops nicely from your deep blue water. Another vote for more room top and bottom.