Going down

[Rudi van den Heever]

Took this image of a white-faced duck at the Austin Roberts Bird Sanctuary in Pretoria, South Africa on 24 July 2011...

I like the full stretch pose and concentration on the duck's face here!

Equipment: Canon 7D and 500mm F4 L lens
Settings: 1/3200s a F5.6 an ISO 800

[Ryan Schain]

I really like the bird, the background, and the sharpness. I only wish the bird wasn't flying away, and had a head angle a bit more toward you.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Very nice looking duck! Agree with the angle recommendation. Exposure looks VG.

[Arthur Morris]

Spectacular sharpness and detail and ditto Ryan. What bad luck! You were done in by the wind direction....

[Daniel Cadieux]

I love the dynamic pose and super techs, but agree about the subject's angle.

[jack williamson]

Super sharp, excellent exp., great BG, head and body angle mentioned.

Jack

[Robert Holguin]

Very nice shot. Excellent details, great light, and very nice pose.
Well done.

[arash_hazeghi]

sweet I love the light and details sharp
just wish he was landing towards us

[Peter Seidel]

Just noticed this one. I suppose it would have been nice to have the bird facing more towards you, but that is a fantastic image. Detail is just phenomenal. More than compensates for any issues with the head angle, in my opinion.

Pete