Duck

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Not sure for the specie.....please help me:)
Was created before 2 months
Canon 40D Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS USM
1/1000 f 4 iso 250
thanks for looking

[Harshad Barve]

This is a super shot Manos , lovely wing pose , Killer BG , beautiful sharpness , lovely light on water
TFS

[Doug Brown]

Nice low angle with great wing position and eye contact. I'd probably sharpen a bit more, especially the breast.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the angle, pose and BG and agree regarding more sharpening of the bird.

[Mike Lentz]

Hi Manos, over here it would have the appearance of a hen Canvasback. I'm not sure but I think Europe has a similar one called a Pochard. I like the low angle and the outspred wings.

[denise ippolito]

Beautiful wing position and I like the BG alot. It adds a mood.Nicely done.

[Miklós Ónodi]

This is a female Common Pochard Aythia ferina.
Great pose and BG with fine low angle!

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[Brian Barcelos]

Only improvement would be the sharpening that has already been mentioned Manos. This is an excellent capture and beautiful duck

[Stu Bowie]

A proud pose, and well timed to capture the outspread wings. I agree another round of sharpening will work.

[Rahul Sachdev]

Lovely Image, good moment captured here.
I think its a Common Pochard too.
In addition to Sharpening give a go to toning down the highlights in the water. I feel, the water is drawing too much attention currently.

-rahul

[Morkel Erasmus]

I also vote for another round of sharpening. very nice pose and colour here - it might also benefit from the use of a warming filter?

[Dave Barnes]

I like the light and detail captured. The comp and angle is also nice.
I think you should have pushed up the ISO so that you could close the apperture a bit to give you a bit more DOF.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

thanks a lot!

[David Fletcher]

Love the low view and pose Manos. Def' Female Pochard, Athya Ferina. Good suggestions already made.

[Daniel Belasco]

Like the pose and soft colors give the image an overall very pleasing look.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Great pose, low angle and detail, a tad more sat and to tone down the birgt water might help IMO. Also, some more NR would be my suggestion.
Congratulaitons Manos!