Cinnamon Teal "My favorite of the Winter"

[James Salywoda]

Cinnamon Teal
Southern, California

Well this has been one of the easiest ducks this winter to photograph I've had more opptunities with this species
in flight then any of the others. This is my favorite so far as I like the solid water BG.:)

Nikon D300S AFS 600 F4 1.4 TC
1/2500 F7.1 ISO 500

Thanks For Looking

Jim

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Cool pose, good sharpness, BG and angle. If anything, I might remove the specular highlights.

[Bill Jobes]

Love the action and colors here James. Technical perfection on the capture. I agree removing bright specs would probably add to the appeal of an already stunning flight photo.

[Gary Jones]

A beautiful bird. Well timed with the wing position and good detail. Comp does work, but I'd maybe take a bit more off the bottom as the bird is a little too central.

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Phenomenal flying shot ! The colours stand out !!

[Jan Wegener]

simply stunning :)

[Colin Knight]

Very nice. It's the perfect in-flight shot!

[denise ippolito]

Beautiful pose and wing details. I like the IQ of your flight shots. The slate blue BG is lovely.

[Ilija Dukovski]

Fantastic bird, colors and pose. The BG is great too, uniform but not completely washed out.
The blue plumage detail is my favorite here.

[Stu Bowie]

James, I can see why you rate this over your other inflight images - simply superb. Excellent IQ, and just love the selection of colours, and all against that killer BG. Congrats on a fine image.

[David Thomasson]

This is a super image, for all the reasons others have mentioned. I actually like the specular highlights on the feathers and would keep them.
My only suggestion (and purely as a personal preference) would be to lighten the background and perhaps add a gradient to vary the luminance.
I think a brighter sky brings out the colors of the teal a little better. I also sharpened feather details.

http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/6387/teal2.jpg

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/9003/tealx.jpg

[Krijn Trimbos]

Hi James,

Gorgeous shot man! Love the wing position, shapness, flight angle and colours. I like the idea of lightening up the water like David suggested but would probably leave the colors as in the original post (nice and warm). Well done!

[David Thomasson]

I like the idea of lightening up the water like David suggested but ....

Yikes! I thought it was the sky! :eek: (Obviously, I should have read the original post down to the last word. Mea culpa.)

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Perfect timing James !!!!! What a beautiful capture and such a gorgeous bird. Thanks for sharing.

[Ted Willcox]

Just another astounding image by James Salywoda!!
Ted

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent flight pose, wing position and details James, love this one. I also like David's respot with cooler blues.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Great image Bhai, loved the pose, light and details here, great colours too..