Harlequin Sticking Its Tongue Out

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Before everyone feels 'sandpipered out' I thought I would post this harlequin, which I photographed at Barnegat Light earlier this year. The sun was high up but there were thin clouds partially covering it. I find the shape of the tongue quite unusual.

http://www.pbase.com/axelhi/image/120445510/original.jpg

1D3, 500f4, 1.4x, 1/800s, f/8, ISO 400, cropped from horizontal

[denise ippolito]

Axel, The colors look good. Nice details and sharpness. I like the tongue out!:)Very well done.

[Doug Brown]

Perfect exposure on a bird that's tough to expose properly. Nice detail. Love the tongue. Perhaps a sliver of additional canvas on the right.

[Dan Busby]

Hi Axel. Super photo from super moderator! Great detail and, of course, interesting tongue. I am getting no pattern within the facial white area.

[Kim Rollins]

Alex -

Very well done and we probably won't see many duck touques in images. :o



A bit more canvas to the right might be good.

[Marina Scarr]

The low angle on this shot makes it really outstanding, and the tongue just puts it over the top. The only thing I might try is a tad off the bottom and a bit more canvas on the right, if you have it. The exposure here is awesome. TFS>

[Harshad Barve]

Another picture pefect and I liked that :p very much here
TFS

[Mike Veltri]

Great timing Axel, and nice details.

[Danny J Brown]

Hey Axel - My favorite of all of the recent Harlequin posts. The details, color and texture are just beautiful. A fine image, my friend.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Another Beauty Bhai, for sure loved the tongue sticking out.. :)

[Rohan Kamath]

have started loving this species from many of the recent images. Nice pose(loved the tongue out) and the details are really good.


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Rohan
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[Krijn Trimbos]

The detail, colours and angle make this one for me. Great shot Axel!

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Wonderful image !! The tongue is a added bonus !!

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Axel....just like Danny, this is my favourite too. I am a big fan of bird portraits and this one is as good as it can get. Loved the details in the dark feathers and the eye. Really good job of exposing it. Can't get tired of this duck.

[Anand Kavalapara]

Axel

Love the framing and the tongue sticking out. So there are so many ways to shoot a duck eh?

[Stephen Stephen]

Just exquisite Axel! I love the low angle protrait and the tongue and serated bill are bonuses.