Gadwall Hen, backlit

[Bill Dix]

Not being familiar with the layout at Estero Llano Grande, we arrived to find a nice group of ducks backlit by a hazy bright sky. Not optimum conditions, but it did offer some interesting shots. This Gadwall hen was coming in to join the others. Cropped from horizontal. I probably would have used some fill flash, but the day before I had dropped the Fresnel lens of my BB in a parking lot, and it blew into a mesquite thicket where I couldn't retrieve it. I did like the translucency of the primaries and fanned tail.

D500, 500f4 + 1.4 TC, ISO 1250, 1/2500s @ f/7.1 manual.

[Randy Stout]

Bill:

Nice high key/backlit image, which works well.

Nicely exposed, good ventral view.

Worked well without the flash.

Randy

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

I like the High Key Look.

Beautiful Image. Like what way you cropped the image. I wish the eye is more visible.

Thanks for sharing.

[arash_hazeghi]

the banking pose is great but the IQ is suspect to my eyes.

TFS

[Glenn Pure]

This looks exceedingly good Bill for a backlit situation. I'm impressed by how well you have dealt with this. The tones underneath are great and I also like the light coming through the primaries, but even more the strange strobed look of the tail which I now is normal but looks really interesting.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Good one, Bill. Very nice banking capture under the conditions we had to work with, detail fine detail. Wonderfull translucence in wings and tail feathers.

Geoffrey




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[Bill Dix]

Thank you all.