Young Banking Mute

[Gary Esman]

7D, f/7.2, 1/1600, iso 500, 500 mm

NR on background, removed some OOF sleeping canvasbacks in the background.

Shot this morning around 11:00 am. Light was pretty good most of the day because of some high thin clouds. Suppose to wake up Thanksgiving morning with snow!

Thanks for looking and all comments appreciated.

Gary.

[Doug Brown]

Sharpness looks good, and the crop emphasizes the length of the bird. I would have liked the upper wing to be in better position. I might selectively sharpen the head a little.

[John Guastella]

Great capture of this unusual flight pose (well, it's unusual for me, anyway...). Agree with Doug about the head needing a bit more sharpening. I don't mind the position of the upper wing -- it shows good top detail -- but the shot would have been more dramatic if that wing had been outstretched like the lower one.

John

[Randy Stout]

Gary:

Glad you got an image of this fellow, I hadn't seen any mute juvis there this year.

Excellent exposure, nice banking pose, yes, upper wing could be up a bit more in perfect world.

It could just be the natural coloration, but it looks like the head is casting a shadow back along the neck. If this is really a side effect of the light angle, could perhaps dodge the neck area a bit to even it out.

Something interesting always seems to pop up after I leave. Did Mr. Merganser show up later?

Cheers

Randy

[wendell westfall]

Agree with Randy about the shadow. I love the banking pose as is.

[Stu Bowie]

Good banking pose Gary, and separated from the water abg nicely.

[Gary Esman]

Thanks all appreciate it. Never know when I have sharpened enough.

Randy...Yes he did show up and so did the Bald Eagle.

Gary.

[James Salywoda]

A touch more head sharpening would be good nice pose and capture Gary....