Pretty in Pastel

[dankearl]

Wood Duck Hen
D500, 1/2000,f5.6, 500mm (300 w/1.7), iso1400

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[kevin Hice]

I love it Dan. Background color and no distractions.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Well caught DOF appears a tad minimal and the image seems to be a little noisy. I do like the colour palette though - a very striking image.

[David Cowling]

Great landing pose. Love the pink background. The head is sharp. Looks noisy on my monitor - is this a big crop?

[dankearl]

Thanks for the comments..
David, no it is a small crop, underexposed bird.
The Duck flew into full shade from sun. I loved the pose so I worked at saving it.
It was not that badly exposed, I was using auto iso which I am trying on the D500,
I think it probably worked better than manual in this instance.
I am just starting to shoot BIF, really as the D500 makes it kind of easy...
I am hoping someone like Arash weighs in,
someone with better PP skills could do much better.

[John Mack]

Love the background color on this one. The pose on the bird is neat. Wish for more room below.

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Background colors really look nice.

I try to brighten the image more. I see lots of noise on the bird as well. I think due to increasing shadows etc

TFS

[dankearl]

Re=post

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[Daniel Cadieux]

What a dynamic pose, and fun too! Sweet BG and pastel colours. The repost is much better in regards to noise.

[William Dickson]

I really like this...The BG colours are awesome, and flight pose, detail on the bird look good. Repost better.

Will