Long-tailed Duck

[Michael Zajac]

Canon 1D Mark III
500mm + 1.4x
1/1250 sec at f / 7.1
ISO 400
-1/3 EV


Barnegat

[Thomas Herou]

Fantastic catch of a beautiful bird!

[Nancy A Elwood]

I really tried looking for a nit:). None found! Superb!

[Bill Dix]

Beautiful image! Wing-down position, open beak, lovely BG, great detail. What's not to like?

[LouBuonomo]

Geez that is nice.. Open beak and all !

Makes me want to jump in the car....

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Beautiful bird, BG, pose, exposure and watermark :-) the bird seems to be looking at you and posing for the shot. Well done and thx for sharing.

[Steve Maxson]

A beautiful, sharp pose, good light and light angle, and a nice background. The open bill is a plus. Well done.

[Aidan Briggs]

Probably the best Long-tailed Duck image I have seen yet. Great exposure, BG, and colors. I just might tone down the whites on the head a tad.

[Fabs Forns]

Excellent all around, great sharpness and detail good pose and placement in the frame. The open bill is a big plus, congratulations!

[Jan Wegener]

fantastic image :)

[Bryan Erb]

Sweet capture, nice wing position, and the bg really helps here.

[Arthur Morris]

Michael, Your work continues to improve to the point of being depressing :) The perfect wing position here, the sharpness, the open bill, the look on the bird's face, and the killer BKGR are all fabulous.

[Arthur Morris]

Checked on the whites. There is a smattering of over-exposed white pixels. If they are present in the optimized TIFF I would reconvert to recover. If not, you might wish to increase the density a bit with a Linear Burn.

[Michael Zajac]

Thanks everyone for your comments.
Artie- The tiff is fine but you are right the jpeg looks a little hot. Will fix. Thanks.

[Arthur Morris]

YAW. If the TIFF is OK, I do not worry about a small increase in contrast.

[Ofer Levy]

Fantastic shot!! Fixing the white will make this perfect IMHO.