Female Bufflehead Duck

[James Salywoda]

Bufflehead Duck
Southern California

Excellent weather today but hardly any birds flying my favorite routes :(
I guess its just the way it goes sometimes. Here is a female Bufflehead from a few weeks
back.

Nikon D300S AFS 600 F4 1.4 TC
1/2500 F8 ISO 800

Thanks For Looking

Jim

[Paul Guris]

The only nit that I have is that I'd darken the bird just a little bit. It looks paler than the bird does in real life. The image is stunning.

[Alan Murphy]

James, this is a killer shot IMO. Not an easy species to get in flight. It could use another round of sharpening IMO.

[James Salywoda]

Thanks for suggestions.. midtone adjustment as well as a touch more sharpening. How does it look?

[Paul Lagasi]

First one looked good, repost rocks...these little exocet missiles tough to capture in flight... Very well done James... TFS

[Craig Brelsford]

Repost is a definite improvement. Congratulations on another exciting shot. You seem to consistently shoot your flying waterfowl at ISO 800, and I don't see any problems with noise.

[Danny J Brown]

Jim,

The repost of the butter pat in flight is awesome. I sure wish I had regular "flight routes" to go to. Nice.

DB

[Doug Brown]

Much improved after the added sharpening! Great wing position and eye contact. The white patch on the head is nicely exposed. Love the smooth water BG.

[Joerg Rockenberger]

Agree with the repost being much better. Wonder if it could take another round of sharpening though... And that's just comparing it to your other images... The single drop just past the downward stroke of the wing is cute. JR

[Stu Bowie]

Great repost James, and I like the flying posture with the downstroke of the wings. Good overall detail captured too.

[Pieter de Waal]

Excellent as allways James. The repost is good and I love the little water drops and full wing view and defenition.

[Harshad Barve]

excellent image and re-post took this over the top
TFS

[Kiran Poonacha]

great repost James Bhai... another beautiful DIF.:)