Northern Pintail

[James Salywoda]

Northern Pintail
Southern, California

Well back at it working the wintering ducks I was happy with the subtle hint of habitat in the bg
for which I think helps compliment the Pintail.:)

Nikon D300 AFS 600 F4 1.7 TC
1/1000 F8 ISO 400

Thanks For Looking
Jim

[Daniel Cadieux]

Beautiful image Jim, and I agree with you about the subtle hint of habitat...very nice touch. I would only remove the highlights on the blue of the bill.

[Luis Villablanca]

Excellent capture. I love the colors of the water and background matching the color of the pintail.
The image has a lot of detail and the whites look well exposed.
My only suggestion would be to crop a little the top and left to fill the image with more with the bird.

[Phil Ertel]

Hi James, I also like the subtle hint of habitat and the color it introduces to the image. The bird is lovely with nice details and again I agree that you handle the white well. I would like to suggest an alternative crop/composition. I like the background at the top enough that if you have it I would include a bit more of the background at the top and take a little off the bottom as it doesn't add as much to the image. Not better just different as I like it as presented. Well done and thanks for sharing.

[Bill Dix]

A gorgeous image. The BG does indeed compliment the bird -- it looks like a lovely watercolor. I like the crop as presented. If I were to touch anything other than the few spots on the bill, it would be to take just a tad off the bottom, but it's wonderful just as it is.

[James Salywoda]

I sure appreciate the nice comments and suggestions.:)

[Fabs Forns]

Very painterly image, with nice composition and EXP control. I may mask the sharpening off the face to avoid the shinny areas where the feathers are wet. And as Daniel suggests, great idea to get rid of the highlights too.

[Nagesh Mula]

James, nice low angle and very sharp picture. Congrats!!

[Grace Scalzo]

Jim, You know that I am a big fan of yours and this image is an example of why. Such a pleasing composition, almost painterly and very artistic.

[Ilija Dukovski]

Excellent image. The bird is fantastic. Congrats!

[Harshad Barve]

James , yet another excellent image , Picture perfect for me
TFS

[arash_hazeghi]

Love the perfect low angle and wet beak, nicely done.

[Mital Patel]

sure a big wall hanger for me. superb sharp feather details and a perfect angle to me.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Beautiful james Bhai, loved the details on this one, nice light and compo too.. VWD..

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

An incedibly well designed image Jim. I totally love it man! Gorgeous colors and super angle. :)

[Mital Patel]

just perfect as it can be and pretty close :) congrats

[Ofer Levy]

Lovely image as usual Jim. However, it looks flat and a bit washed out on my monitor.
Please let me know whether this repost is an improvement.
Cheers my friend,
Ofer

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Wow, seen your original post made me dream, now I see Ofer's repost and this one is even better, IMHO!

Lovely duck, crop, light and image design.

[Ashay Dhavale]

Wow..excellent shot. Loved the edit by Ofer Levy (http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/member.php?u=7598).

[denise ippolito]

Jim, Lovely image w/ a nice painterly BG. I think all has been said. Sharpness, exposure and composition all wonderful.

[James Salywoda]

Big improvement Ofer I like the repost much better.;) Thanks