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I removed some brown OOF patches from the water that I did not know what they were. Maybe OOF Mallards or just reflection.
I find that a cleandn blue gives a better chance to the bird to show.
I might include the one with the brown spots as a "comment" later.
Thanks for looking.
Canon 1D MIV
Canon 500 f4.0 L IS
Manual Exposure
ISO 800
f 5.6
1/2000 s
Nice light, colour and detail on the duck Karl, I also like the OOF unobtrusive background. It could have done with more space at the top of the image IMO.
Karl,
Very nice detail throughout the Mallard. I like the clean background, there is just one spot in front a little above the bird (about a head length's away), where you can see just a bit of an artifact (or at least that's what it looks like to me).
A minor clean-up on a white spot on the left wing, and it's a winner.
Miguel
Great flight image Karl! lovely colors and pose.
Another stunner, Karl. Love the light, angle and esp the pose here.
Hi Karl, I like this flight pose, and this angle shows off the colours. Nicely separated from the BG.
Stunning flight shot Karl - top pose and comp and the light on the head feathers is superb,
Cheers, Greg
Beautiful flight pose with beautiful colors,nice wing position and great blues in the BG.
Regards,
Satish.
Beautiful flight shot! I also love the separation from the blue water. In addition to Miguel's suggestion, and it's optional, lighten up the stuff near the left wing. Also, you need to clone/heal the lower left edge of the frame.
I like the pose, sharpness, light and details. Excellent image Karl!
Very well done against a nice water BG.
great looking pose and wings spread. you've captured the colors of the Drake well.exposure and details look great too. Well done Karl.
Gorgeous colours, and the slightly banking pose adds some interest to the flight pose. I could see a version with the subject a bit lower in the frame.
Good one, Karl. Nice light, pose, bg, colors. Comp works for me. Just that spot on the lower left edge.
