Northern Shoveler

[Mital Patel]

Northern Shoveler Female Flip Side
Nov 14, 2010, 9:42am
Taken with 1D Mark IV, 500 F/4, 1.4 TC
1/3200, f/8, ISO 640 @ 700mm

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

beautiful!!!
great low angle,details,eye contact,wing position!

[Mital Patel]

I Used Nik Polarization which added more interest in the image.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Mital, this is terrific. Perfect timing, bird angle, shooting angle, HA and light angle....all crucial for wing-flap shots. You nailed it, dude.

But again, if mine, I'd have a little more room on top :-)

[Bhushan Dalvi]

Mitalbhai, great capture . Love the wing position and the soft light.

[Doug Brown]

Textbook low angle, head angle, wing position, exposure, and sharpness. Nicely done!

[Pieter de Waal]

Hi Mital, nice light effect and and eye contact in typical wing flap pose, like it a lot.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Mital bhai, bau saras :)

Absolutely love the low angle, soft light, pose and details.

[Mital Patel]

thanks a lot friends. keep your suggestions on..

[Duane Noblick]

Nothing to suggest here...just keep doing more of it. :)

I agree with all the above comments....very nice capture.

[Sid Garige]

Fantastic pose Mital. Great wind position and details. Very well done.

[Arthur Morris]

Quite excellent. I love your ISO choice to prevent any motion blur on the wings. I love everything about this one: EXP, orientation of the bird to the plane of the sensor, the head angle. the nice blue water, and the concentric rings. I wish only for a better view of the near underwing (where the primaries are slightly shaded).

[Daniel Cadieux]

I'm with KD for more room above (and perhaps a bit less below), but all else looks great. I like the timing of the peak of the back swing of the wing flap. WTG!!

[denise ippolito]

Mital, Very nice wing position and HA. I like the way you processed it. Agree w/ more room on top. Nicely done.:)

[Troy Lim]

Mital, what a great shot. You rock!

[Stu Bowie]

I like the perspective, soft light and sharpness. Well timed for the wing flap, and I like the colour of the water.

[James Salywoda]

Awesome shot great timing and excellent low angle very nicely done.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Loved the angle and pose bhai.. beautiful image..

[Art Kornienko]

Sure is stunning Mital, love the colours.