Red Billed Teal

[Ryan Lambert]

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My first post on the forum so a big hello to all, I finally figured out how to post a pic while I sort out my membership. This is a Red Billed Teal taken at Marievale Bird Sanctuary in South Africa.

Camera Model Canon 40D
Lens EF400mm f/2.8L IS USM
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/800
Av( Aperture Value ) 7.1
Exposure Compensation +1
ISO Speed 400
Focal Length 560mm

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

killer bg,beautiful pose/composition!
A warm welcome to BPN!!!

[David Fletcher]

Did the same myself, Nayr. Welcome! Cracking first post. Lovely duo tone background. Look forward to more.

[carole wiley]

I like the wing position and the BG is perfect. I like the simplicity of this image.

[Chris Kotze]

Welcome Ryan. Excellent angle capture. Super detail and colours

[Ramon M. Casares]

Stunning first post! Congratulations! Great pose, light, BG, colors and comp. A tighter crop might help for web presentation.
Congratulations!

[Daniel Cadieux]

Beautiful first post, glad you figured it out! Excellent sharpness and colours, and I love the gradiant BG. I agree that a slightly tighter crop would work for web presentation. A better light angle would have prevented the shadows on the neck and wing, but still beautiful as is.

[Ryan Lambert]

Thank you all for the warm welcome. The comments and Crits are appreciated, ditto the shadow and the crop, many thanks, Ryan

[Fabs Forns]

Great welcome to BPN, sweet first post with an awesome BG and nice pose. Well exposed, shame on the light angle.
Looking forward to more :)

[Stu Bowie]

Marievale BG at its best Ryan. Super landing posture, and love the colours in this.

[christopher galeski]

very niceshot,mint BG,good comp.thanks.

[Scott Grant]

the only thing that jumps out at me is the light angle and that i wish to see more of the far wing...other than that i love the image, especially the two tone background!

simply wonderful first post! :)

[Stephen Earle]

Another South African! Hide your women and children:D !

Nice subtle image Ryan made with that great Canon lens. A better light angle would have improved it though.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Beautiful image this to start off, loved the pose and BG....

[Morkel Erasmus]

good to see you here as well Ryan. starting a revolution us Saffas :)
love this - pin sharp, killer colours and super pose. would also like to see a tighter crop a la Ramon.

[Ryan Lambert]

Once again thanks for the warm welcome and constructive crits, it is very much appreciated. Ryan

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Welcome. You will enjoy the ride I am sure.

Excellent image. getting right head angle in such shots is not easy. We dont see many images with 400 f/2.8 here. Were you hand-holding that thing? If so, then you should get some extra pats on the back.
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[Gal Shon]

Great moment, amazing BG. lovely shot.
A tighter (not much) crop would work well, I think.

[Dave Barnes]

Hi Ryan good to see you here.
Agree on the comments regarding crop and quality.

[Ryan Lambert]

Kaustubh, Gal, Dave thanks for the comments, I agree that the tighter comp would work better for web presentation. Kaustubh I used a tripod for the shot, hand holding that lens is possible but not very easy:)

[Mark Dumbleton]

Super image Ryan! The 2-tone BG makes this image. You gotta love Marievale Backgrounds.
Welcome to BPN!

[Ryan Lambert]

Hey Mark, nothing like Marievale backgrounds, thanks for the welcome and comments bud.

[Dr.Pranay Rao Juvvadi]

Great action. Love the head angle, the wing position. The background is amazing.

[Kobus Tollig]

GReat comp bg and exposure well done. I see a bit of noise under the wings. Great shot well done

[Ryan Lambert]

Pranay and Kobus thanks for the comments, Ditto the noise under the wing in the shadow, I should have run a NR filter on this...