Mallard Banking.

[Karl Egressy]

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

[nick clayton]

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.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

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

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Great flight image Karl! lovely colors and pose.

[Marina Scarr]

Another stunner, Karl. Love the light, angle and esp the pose here.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Karl, I like this flight pose, and this angle shows off the colours. Nicely separated from the BG.

[Greg Oakley]

Stunning flight shot Karl - top pose and comp and the light on the head feathers is superb,
Cheers, Greg

[Satish Ranadive]

Beautiful flight pose with beautiful colors,nice wing position and great blues in the BG.

Regards,
Satish.

[Raymond Lee]

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.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the pose, sharpness, light and details. Excellent image Karl!

[dankearl]

Very well done against a nice water BG.

[David Salem]

great looking pose and wings spread. you've captured the colors of the Drake well.exposure and details look great too. Well done Karl.

[Daniel Cadieux]

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.

[Bill Dix]

Good one, Karl. Nice light, pose, bg, colors. Comp works for me. Just that spot on the lower left edge.