Touchdown

[Stu Bowie]

This is a White-faced Duck touching down in the water at a local birding spot on saturday morning. Wow, it was cold there -2.5 deg C. I liked the full wingspread here.

Canon 50D
100-400 @ 360mm
1/2000
F/6.3
ISO 640

Exp Comp +0.33
Hand Held

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent incoming pose and great details Stu

[Dumay de Boulle]

Great pose and colors. IQ looks good and nice light. Looks like it could have a 1-2 degree CW rotation looking at the water level. But lets see if others think that:w3:S3:

[Wynand van Wyk]

Love the frontal pose. Super detail and moment captured. Well done!:S3:

[Stu Bowie]

Looks like it could have a 1-2 degree CW rotation looking at the water level. :w3:S3:

Thanks mate. I based it on the reflections, but looking at the eyes, it could do with a tad of CW rotation.:w3

Thanks Arash and Wynand for your feedback.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Stuart,
Great angle and timing on the touchdown! Works great for me all around!:cheers:

[Karl Egressy]

Excellent incoming pose and perfect timing, Stuart.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Excellent Stu, good reflection and pose, nicely done:cheers:

[Nico Steenberg]

Great full frontal landing pose captured. Super sharp and well exposed with great colours. Well done Stu :S3:

[Charles Scheffold]

Love the head-on positioning! Reflection is a bonus and feather detail is excellent.

thanks
Charles

[Stu Bowie]

Thank you all for the kind words.

[Craig Brelsford]

Stu, nice work here; I love the rich ocher on the breast and the black and white bands. Some immediacy, however, is lost by the angle. I know you've said before that in preserves in South Africa it's often prohibited to leave one's car; I'm wondering whether that was the case here.

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks for the feedback Craig. Always appreciated.