Garganey

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Was created in Agia lake in Chania Crete Greece
Canon 50D Canon EF 500mm f/4
1/800 f 5.6 iso 400
thanks for looking

[Jan Wegener]

wow, one of the best images I have ever seen of this species !
congrats!
My only suggestions would be a less space behind and a bit more in front.

The light and the water color are to die for :)

[Dan Brown]

Nice image Manos! I really like the bg, reflection, sharpness and exp. The reflection of the highlight on the bill is very distracting however, as it is blurred into a vertical line! Should be easy to reduce this to a smaller and less bright artifact, which would improve an already fine image!

[John Guastella]

Sweet image - love the water ripples in front of the duck's body. Agree with the comments on cropping and removal or reduction of the reflected bill highlight. The BG can use a bit of NR.

John

[Stu Bowie]

I like the light, detail and colours, and you have nailed the sharpness nicely. Just love the smoothness of the water.

[James Salywoda]

Awesome! This is such a beautiful bird nice low angle and details I agree a bit more in front would be nice.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Loved the details and the choice of pano crop. Way to go Manos.