Gadwall

[Richard Stern]

On a marshy pond at Annapolis Royal, NS, yesterday.

Nikon D7000, Nikon 300 f/4 AF-S, 1.7TC, hand-held, Raw converted in LR4 with mod. crop, adjustments.

1/1250, f/7.3, Pattern metering, no flash, ISO 720.

Thanks for looking,

Richard

[David Salem]

Nice looking drake Gadwall. The comp, light and exposure is good but Im not sure if its me but the shot looks a little noisy. See what others see. Maybe in conversion or 720 ISO is pushing the limits of the 7000. TFS

[John Cooper]

A lovely sharp capture of the Gadwall Richard, and what really makes the image for me is the warm and cool tones in the ripples forming a beautiful canvas for your subject.

[Petros Petrou]

Nice Gadwall image. Great exposure and detail. If it was mine I would crop just a little from the bottom and I would run one round of noise reduction to the BG.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Richard, lovely swimming pose, with a good HA. The overall IQ has suffered, and I suspect that you have sharpened the whole image on a large crop.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice pose and nice water, Richard. The duck might looks over sharpened on my monitor.