Flying Wigeon.

[dankearl]

1/3200, f7.1, iso1250, 600mm, D800, Handheld

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[Marina Scarr]

Nice sharp image, and I like all the details of the water droplets. The comp works well but for me the BG is pretty distracting esp the dark spots. I am not much into working on images, but I would blend in the dark spots if this were mine.

[Randy Stout]

Dan:

Great details from the D800 once again. Very sharp.

I agree with Marina about the dark spots, and I would also be tempted to soften the gray blob above the birds right wing.

Cheers

Randy

PS: Are you going to take up widgeons to add to your fine collection of buffleheads

[Arthur Morris]

Yes to very sharp. Easy to lose the dark blobs with a 40% clone stamp brush. The 2 1/2 grey/white circular blobs are also distracting,

[Satish Ranadive]

Wonderful incoming flight shot.Love the symmetrical wings,nice details in whites and tail feathers.
Agree with Marina about dark spots at the top in the BG.

Regards,
Satish.

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent incoming pose! sharp with nice details. would clean up the BG as suggested

well done

[dankearl]

Thanks for the comments.
Alas, the BG is a Duck pond with a lot going on. I cleaned up some stuff, the dark spots are tree trunks,
The white blobs are gulls.
Randy, I wish for more good duck BIF photos!
Wigeons are as hard as Buffleheads, tough to expose and fly really fast.
Fun to photograph!

[HadiAnsari]

excellent incoming pose! sharp with nice details. would clean up the BG as suggested

well done

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Dan, this guy really pops from both the screen and the BG - good head on capture. Overall tack sharp, and a little suggestion would be to crop a touch off the top ( that would rid you of the 'darker blobs' )

[Shawn Zierman]

Sharp flight shot, very nice job with the autofocus work. The background control issue(s) have been
pretty well covered, and are indeed the weak spot(s) in the image.