Drake Bufflehead in Flight

[David Hemmings]

Canon 1D MK 11 N / Canon 500 F4 IS / 1/2000th @ f5.6 ISO 250 / handheld

http://avianart.smugmug.com/photos/598124972_dAsDp-O.jpg

[Jim Buescher]

Couldn't have asked for a better flight angle! Tough exposure on this little guy, you handled it well keeping detail in the whites and blacks and especially the iridescent head, maybe needs a little more contrast. The blue-gray BG is a perfect compliment to this bird. Nice job!

[Jim Neiger]

Sweeet! Best Bufflehead I've seen, Dave! I'd consider boosting the contrast a wee bit and brightening up the colors in the head a bit as well.

[Raymond Barlow]

superb bif David, you are the master.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Excellent techs, the only issue I can see is the HA and it appears to be slightly flying away. Still super good though. I would be tempted to touch up the pink hue on the upper tail.

[Bryan Hix]

Great shot! I know how difficult it is to get any kind of a flight shot of these rockets, so I appreciate the effort. I think you captured the colors very well, I wouldn't overdo saturating them more. I might try to up the contrast a bit for the blacks. Either way, great work.

[Jim Buescher]

I would be tempted to touch up the pink hue on the upper tail
Akos, I think the pink hue you are referring to is one of the bufflehead's toes.:o

[Harshad Barve]

It works for me as posted
Beautiful image
TFS
Harshad

[Ramon M. Casares]

It looks great and it is a powerfull flight pose, on my monitor the head and the upper wing don't look as sharp as the lower wing, I agree with Akos about the HA. Still, preety amazing image, these guys are fast!!! Congratulaitons.

[Dave Barnes]

Agree with comments on flight angle, it works very well. Very well captured, thanks for sharing.

[Stu Bowie]

Perfect banking angle, and love the detail and colours from the full wingspread. Great capture.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Beautiful pose, loved the eye contact and a very beautiful bird.. you could try and sharpen the head a bit.

[paul leverington]

Hi Dave! Hey this shot really shows off the beauty these guys have like none other that I have seen. Where was this taken? You might been sooting at 1000@f8 and been better off for DOF.

Paul

[Doug Brown]

Gorgeous pose David! Difficult capture to be sure. I would sharpen a bit more, in particular the head and the tail feather areas, but also the far wing. Congrats on a fine image!

[Derek Griggs]

Great pose and sharpness. These guys move quick! Well done.

[Mike Lentz]

MUY BEUNO!!
A person couldn't ask for a better wing pose, David!

[KK Hui]

Great flight pose captured, David!
Critical focus appears to be on the right wing tip ...