American wigeon hen

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

40D. 400f5.6L at f/7.1. iso 320. 1/1250s. Late afternoon light. One of my favorite hens to shoot.

All C&C welcome and appreciated.

[Mital Patel]

another charming beauty KD. The dark patch front of the neck is bit distraction to me. rest the low angle makes this interesting.

[Bhushan Dalvi]

KD beautiful capture. Love the BG in this one.

[Christopher Marek]

Yes, the inclusion of the far bank adds a lot. Hey, did you do this in Irving?

[Sid Garige]

Great backdrop for beautiful lady KD. Very well done.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Yes, the inclusion of the far bank adds a lot. Hey, did you do this in Irving?

Yes, I did :-)

[Arthur Morris]

Sweet bird. Killer sweet water and image design. And a great low angle. WTG!

[Daniel Cadieux]

Another beautiful image KD, excellent comp...you've been doing very well with waterfowl! Keep it up!

[Craig Brelsford]

A case study on the benefits of a low angle . . . Without your low angle, you don't get what I presume to be land in the background, and without that yellow strip we don't know where the water ends. The photo now gives us some idea of the size of the body of water on which your wigeon was. Is it because I've been in China too long and have forgotten what a truly blue sky (and water) looks like, or is the blue in your shot a bit too vivid?

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Craig, blue might be a little bit more vivid than reality but not too much. North sky in the winter is quite blue. For this shot, I've set color sat to 2 during raw conversion....not too high.

[Stu Bowie]

Super comp and swimming pose Kaus, and the colours really sets this off. Well captured.

[James Salywoda]

Nice low angle beautiful colors and excellent detail a really sweet shot.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Superb light and low angle. Those colors are indeed to die for. Inspiring work Kaustubh!