Long tailed duck

This shot is from a couple of weeks back.
D300 with AF-S 300mm 2.8VR with TC 1.4E.
F 5.6 , 1/1000 , iso 500

Carmelo

Hi Carmello,
This is excellent. Love the incoming flight angle and the view head and eye. Good BG. I would try to get some more detail in the blacks if you can and do another round of sharpening on the head. A SS of 1/1250 or 1600 would have nailed this guy. I find I need a higher SS for birds flying towards me than parallel to me

Gail

Hi,

An outstanding image - looks sharp to me, including the head. Love the separation from the bg. Slight blurring of the wingtips suggests motion.

Richard

I love seeing this duck in flight especially coming at you. You did a great job.

This is amazing capture...Bird is sharp, nice wing position and eye contact...I have seen these riding the rough tide but this is dream image...I liked your composition.

very beautiful image and well freeze Carmelo.
Incoming and turning right pose well predicted. Sharpness and expo is good.

What i feel here you could have done is reduce NR on bg small round up to make it more creamy.
may be going on temperature down would enhance it a bit more % to be soothing to eye from the warm feel.

purely my assumption needless to say it hardly apply others thought process.

Wonderful shot Carmelo. Great flight pose, love the wing position, and I like the comp.
Well done.

very nice dynamic flight shot well done, agree with just a tad more sharpening and extracting more details in the black areas oif possible

Excellent incoming flight shot, Carmelo.

Hi Carmelo, excellent approaching flight angle, raised wings and eye contact. There is good 3D effect to this image, and if anything, I would move the duck slightly back to the left a touch, as in this, he's bordering on a central placement. I do like the varied BG. Well captured.