Yellow-Bill Wing Flap

[Stu Bowie]

I went to my local pond in Pretoria on saturday. It was early morning and the sun was in and out between the clouds. There was one moment when the light looked so good, and I managed to time this wing flap from a Yellow - billed Duck. As I dont capture many of these type of shots, I was happy with the result.

Canon 50D
100-400 @ 360mm
1/800
F/6.3
ISO 640

Manual Exposure
Hand held

[Tony Whitehead]

You caught the moment in the sweet light, Stu. I like the feather detail and especially the iridescence of the speculum.

[dankearl]

Very attractive duck, Stuart, nice timing and very nice warm color.

[gail bisson]

Beautiful light and pose.
I can see why you like it!
Gail

[Randy Stout]

Stuart:

Perfect wing extension with slight angle towards us to show some of the back wing, sweet light, water color, and that bright yellow bill. That must be a challenge to expose for with the darker plumage of the bird.

Congrats!

Randy

[Rachel Hollander]

Stuart- nice light, tones and wing position all combine for a very pleasing image. Well done.

TFS,
Rachel

[Grace Scalzo]

Lovely colors, sharpness and eye contact.

[Stu Bowie]

Thank you for the kind words everyone.

[Sachin Saraf]

Stu you did great job here and light is beautiful on this one...great to see both wings sharp at 1/800

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Awesome light, colors, sharpness and pose. Love the eye contact too. Nicely done Stu.

[rajojomanik]

Great timing Stuart, at 1/800 sec the wings are tack sharp. Love the light, colours and eye contact.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Perfect pose, awesome details. Light looks great too. Had it been possible an even lower angle would have been super but certainly good as is. The bill looks aglow!!

[Stu Bowie]

Had it been possible an even lower angle would have been super but certainly good as is.

Thanks Dan. This was the lowest I could go at this location - lower than the guys with the larger lenses.

Thanks a stack for all the feedback and comments everyone.

[Frank Schauf]

Excellent Pose and light, good exposure control, nice comp and good ambient.