Shoveller drake( eclipse plumage)

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

40D. 400f5.6L at f/6.3. iso 400. 1/640s. evaulative metering + 1 1/3. Overcast and windy conditions.

I have been making a conscious effort of shooting ducks from the front this season.

All C&C welcome and appreciated.

[Stu Bowie]

Hey Kaus, great HA, and your normal low perspective works well. These guys have such lovely large bills dont they. Im in two minds about the hint of orange on top ( lovely colour )- maybe having more would have looked better. The pastel blue of the water makes up for it.:w3

[James Salywoda]

Awesome excellent low angle I also like the pose captured.Very nice!

[Brendan Dozier]

Great image as usual Kaustubh. Nice HA and eye contact, and got to love that big Shoveller bill! Like the bit of orange in tob BG to compliment the eye.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Hi Kaustubh, this is a lovely image, love the colours and head angle. I am with Stu, would definitely consider croping the top off. I also fell you have lost detail on the duck chest, white area. I am just being picky though :cheers: Great shot.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

On second thoughts, I agree....either do a wider crop to include more above and below or crop the top off. I'll go back to the RAW file to see if there are any details in the whites there. light was very flat...or a DOF issue. In better light, I'd have stopped down a bit.

[Jim Crosswell]

Beautiful image Kaustubh! I like the low angle, sharpness and water. I would remove the orange at the top of the image as well.

[Danny J Brown]

Hey KD,

Awesome, low angle shot just the way I like them. I think shovelers are a killer duck and your image shows this. Man, the eye is dead on by the way. Not sure what all that room is for at the top other than a magazine title but that's just my take on the picture. Great work, my friend!

DB

P.S. That blue color is sweet.

[Todd Frost]

Nice low angle. Good pose and ha. Well done.
TFS
Todd

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Love the perspective and detail as well as pose. Great to see the two-tone BG and if you could leave some more room around the bird (especially below for virtual feet) and top to see more BG it would rock even more. Well done KD! :)

[Chris Kotze]

Excellent low angle. Well exposed and super detail and colours

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Thx everyone. Agree that tighter crop works better. here it is....

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[Randy Stout]

Kaustubh:

I like the comp. in the repost better.

I could see a sliver of canvas added on our left, just personal taste.

Cheers

Randy

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Kaustubh prefer your repost, it looks great :S3:

[Pieter de Waal]

Hi Kaustubh, like the full on pose with great HA and eye contact. Man what a bill. Maybe a few variations of comp could have worked here. Repost is great but liked that bit of orange in the original post.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Great HA and angle on this one KD.. another lovely duck image from you.