Gadwall

[John Mack]

This image was created at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge in Tyre, New York on 5/19/18 at 8:10AM. Image adjustments in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Hand held, Full frame.

Canon 5D MarkIV
Sigma 150-600 Contemporary
600mm
ISO 6400
f7.1
1/640sec

[Arthur Morris]

Nice bird Nice rain. Just a hair too much head turn; with this pose perfectly square to the back of the camera would be perfect. Great to see the white feathers of the speculum. If it were mine, I would lose both bits of crud with a Quick Mask .. .The one sticking the bird in the breast is a bummer.

with love, arite

[Debapratim Saha]

A beautiful high key image.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Hi John, beautiful bird (that I have yet to photograph), nicely shown. Exposure, detail, and color all look good. If mine I would remove all of the smudges of vegetation caused by low water, also the two pieces of vegetation touching and near the duck. Thank you for sharing.

[Daniel Cadieux]

For sure the two branches in the water need to go as they spoil an otherwise neat rain drop-speckled water surroundings. Nice details on the Gadwall.

[Dorian Anderson]

Nice exposure and good full-body look at this guy. Flat light waterfowl are tough though. We really need that sun to bring out their subtle colors.