Black Bellied Whistling Duck # 2

[Stu Bowie]

I posted this guy a little while back and stated in my previous post that I had wished for a better wing position. This is 2 frames before my previous post and guess this may be the best of the sequence. Taken early morning at a local birding spot in Pretoria. These guys are not from around here, so either got lost, or are escapee's from someone. There were about 10-12 of them. I have been back since to hopefully have captured a better shot, but they have unfortunately moved on.

Canon 50D
100-400 @ 400mm
1/800
F/6.3
ISO 800

Exp Comp +0.33
Hand Held

[Ofer Levy]

Beautiful light and colours! BG complements the bird beautifully! Would try to get some more detail on the dark right wing.

[Sachin Saraf]

Beautiful capture Stuart...the moving BG feel makes it look interesting...nice light as well...I wish the wing in dark had more details as suggested by Ofer.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the sharpness, colours and BG. Well done Stuart!

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks a stack guys. Here is a repost with a little teased out of the far wing.

[Luis Villablanca]

Wow, excellent flight shot. It looks very sharp even though it was shot at 1/800s.
Great light and exposure on the whites. As Ofer said, the background tones go really well with this bird.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Beautiful one bhai, nice angle and great BG... :cheers:

[Danny J Brown]

Man Stuart, this image is over the top awesome. The colors are stunning in this perfect light. Thanks.

[Nico Steenberg]

Great in flight pose and sweet light !! Subject is sharp and well exposed with a complimenting bg. Well done Stu !!!

[Karl Egressy]

These guys are very photogenic. Lucky people who live in Texas, they can find them all the time I guess.
Great picture Stuart, I really like it. The repost is an improvement.

[dankearl]

Beautiful colors, the BG is just spectacular on it's own.
The repost is better, nice job on the far wing.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Really a beauty Stuart, superb light and dark BG. I haven't seen these species either, great looking bird.

[christopher galeski]

Beautiful image Stuart,great BG,lighting,pose,colors,well done.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Stunning image, Stuart. Gorgeous light, bg and details.
I love how the head stands out even more against the dark far wing.
Nice work as always.

[arash_hazeghi]

Awesome pose and light Stu!

[Stu Bowie]

Thank you all for the kind words. Always appreciated.

[Rudi van den Heever]

Great image in great light Stu!!:S3:

They are still there! Have a look at http://www.linruphotography.com/photo11936524.html !!:w3