Mr and Mrs Woody

Went back to the local pond and the Wood Duck numbers have increased to 5 pairs today

Nikon D3
600mm F4
F8
ISO 400
1/750th
Gitzo Tripod
Wimberley Head
Fill Flash with Nikon SB-900 and Better Beamer

Very nice finding the couple together and lucky they fell in almost the same plane for nice DOF. I'd crop off the top or bottom, just to get them off the vertical center. Another round of sharpening in the faces will not hurt.

Hi John I like how you got both close to the same plane within the dof Agree on the crop and sure like look on those ducks !!!

You have nice lighting on the ducks here John. The male has a "perfect" pose but I would wish for a slight head turn on the female. As the others mentioned, good job on getting both in focus. Your colors are good, especially on the male. These colorful birds are my favorite species of duck. I would suggest a tighter frame, cropping in from the bottom and right.

Hi JOhn - as mentioned above a tighter pano feel crop - like the colours and exposure looks good.
:)