Avian fireworks .....

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi all ... hope this tight enough for this month theme .
If not .... the mods can remove the prefix and it will go into normal account .

This Mandarin drake was captured at local ground in my town . One of the long term invaders , once a refugee from a collection . This species is not so successful as other avian invaders i.e. Egyptian or Canadian Goose .... who became a " pest " over the decades and need to be controlled by the government . Not allowed to be shot , just remove the eggs if they are found .

Canon EOS 1Dx
EF 500 IS L + 1,4 TC
HH

F 8 ; Iso 4000 ; 1/ 1000 sec

Processed with DPP 4 and PSCC 2021 ; cropped to fit into the theme to roughly 50 % of FF

Thanks for watching and commuting to my previous posting

Cheers Andreas

[Duncan Groenewald]

That's amazing detail as the feathers get finer towards the beak. Not so sure about the eye reflection as that looks a bit too metallic and not so natural to me, but super clear colours. Maybe one day I will get there!

[Brian Sump]

Andreas, sure looks handsome to me. The colors pop nicely on the high key backdrop.

You've retained a good bit of detail amigo.... the border around the eye is very different from what we're used to seeing. It almost looked unreal.

I might have opted to go a slight bit less boxy on the crop to give a little room to the left, but overall you did this Mandarin justice.

Nicely shown!

[Kurt Bowman]

Awesome detail Andreas! I actually like the eye reflection myself. I do agree with Brian re: the crop and would give more room in front. The colors here are also terrific. Great theme candidate!

[Joseph Przybyla]

Hi Andreas, neat image, works for the theme for me. Wonderful colors and detail... I also would add a tad more on the left side of the image. Thank you for sharing.

[Jay Ing]

I'd like to see more of the face and more space if possible but love those colors and detail. TFS.

[John Mack]

Fireworks for sure. I don't mind the crop as is. Lovely detail.