Lesser Scaup sprint

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

40D. 400 f5.6L at f/6.3. iso 400. 1/1600s. manual exposure.

Certainly not without flaws...but I liked the angle and the action. The drake in the Bg, I guess, can be considered either a distraction or part of the story.

All comments welcome.

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

I like this too. Love the sharpness, the exposure, and the action. Like how both feet are off the water, how the wings look and all the splashed water. For me the OOF birds add to the image, it give me a sense of a race.

[Stu Bowie]

Good angle of approach, and just love the intense concentration on the duck. Apart from the kicked up water from behind, I also like the droplets on the body.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Excellent Kaustubh, love the approaching action and don't mind the OOF bird in the BG. Wing position and water splash adds nicely to this image TFS:cheers::cheers:

[Clemens Vanderwerf]

Great action and perfect sharpness and exposure. I would get rid of the OOF white circles in the BKG.

[Randy Stout]

Kaustubh:

I agree with the others. The back bird helps tell the story. Great sense of action because of wing blur and flying water.

Do agree with Clemens about removing some of the specular highlights in the BG, esp those in the LUC and by the back bird.

Cheers

Randy

[Arthur Morris]

I too like the bird in the BKGR. Love the SH and the splashing. I only wish that we could see the second foot of the main subject.

[Matthew Studebaker]

Nice job locking on to such intense action. Nice and sharp.

[Alan Murphy]

I like it. it's got the focus where it's needed.

[Pieter de Waal]

Love this image Kaustubh, great action captured and excellent comp. Good sharpness and nice water action. OOF drake in BG is not a distraction but adds a lot to the image.

[Jim Crosswell]

Great action image Kaustubh!

[Harshad Barve]

Excellent image KD , not an easy one to get
TFS

[arash_hazeghi]

very nice Kaustubh, love both birds

[Dave McGowen]

Awesome image and the out of focus Drake in the background adds to the image in my opinion. Great job, Dave

[Ofer Levy]

An impressive action shot!!!

[AlvanBuckley]

Great capture Kaustubh! I too like the bird in the BKGR.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Thx a lot everyone. I wont claim that I tried to include the bird in the BG :-)...it just happened and I liked it.

[James Salywoda]

Awesome action captured.