Theme: Mallard in Flight.

[Karl Egressy]

I liked the pose and the colorful background.
Might have posted it before.
Thanks for looking.

Canon 1D Mark IV
Canon 400 f 5.6 L
ISO 400
f7.1
1/1600 s

[Randy Stout]

Karl:

Excellent dorsal display, I particularly like the tail flare. Lovely background too.

Based on my local Mallards, I think the colors are just a bit too saturated, but obviously soft light, which does tend to give better color depth.

Cheers

Randy

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Great capture, Karl. Wonderfull topside view with nice richness, and beautiful soft colorful BG.




Geoffrey

[Ross Taylor]

Hi Karl,

The composition and background are quite nice.

I have a question regarding the colour of the bird or the processing: Did it indeed have burgundy coloured plumage as shown on the back and parts of the wings? I ask because I don't recall seeing that color on Mallard Drakes.

TFS
Ross

[keith mitchell]

Karl your Duck pops out very well on that dark Bg,I like the wing positions ,colours can't really comment on because not sure about monitor, very nice job.

Keith.

[Marina Scarr]

Killer image and love that BG. I have a feeling this bird could be in full breeding plumage with those amazing colors.

[Bill Dix]

Fabulous dorsal view, and great BG. I might brighten the area around the eye just a bit. I've never seen a Mallard with this coloration.

[Karl Egressy]

Thank you all. What you see is a color cast on the bird, the original has it too.
You can see in the background that bird is mowing through a treeded area, full of fall colors.
As we all know colors of the subject are a function of light and the surroundings.

[stuart wanuck]

karl lovely flight images take me with you next time

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent flight shot. Superb colours and details.

Regards,
Satish.