Gadwall flapping

[Joerg Rockenberger]

Photographed 2 weeks ago at Adobe Creek in Palo Alto, CA. Thanks for looking. JR

Canon 40D, 500F4IS, 1/2000s, F5.6, ISO-400, Manual Exposure, Tripod w/ Mongoose 3.5a

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Cool pose, light, details and complementing BG. Does it need a bit CW rotation? I think a lower angle would have made this even better.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey John,
Does appear to me also that a bit of CW rotation may be in order.......but you captured sweet wing details and the BG color is very complimentary. A lower angle as Axel recommended may have helped blur/soften it even more........but not sure what else that may have introduced. Sweet light and you captured a really nice wing position.

[Joerg Rockenberger]

Thank you both for the feedback. Completely agree that a lower angle would be better. It's difficult to do that at this location as one needs to photograph from an elevated platform and as some railings are in the way.

JR