Drake Wood Duck

[David Salem]

Took this a month ago at a local small pond with about a dozed resident Wood Ducks living in it. They are a little weary of people but if you are slow and quiet you can get pretty close.
Captured this as I was shooting them and a kid ran buy and spooked them. Most of the time I scorn the kids for scaring off the ducks but this time I was happy they did.

1DMKIV---700mm---f5.6---ss1/2500---ISO800---HH@4:15pm---20% crop

Thanks as always for looking and for your input. Appreciated

David

[arash_hazeghi]

this is excellent David, love the pose wing position BG and the head turn. tack sharp too

[David Salem]

Thanks Arash. Appreciated

[Satish Ranadive]

Absolutely fabulous flight shot,David.Love the pose with nice wing position,beautiful colors,details and composition.
Red eye on green sheen looks wonderful.

Regards,
Satish.

[Grace Scalzo]

You used the disruption to good advantage. Beautiful image, great colors. I hate to sound petty, but there is a smudge between the near wing and the body that might could go, just to polish this up a bit.

[adrian dancy]

All round superb image. No nits.

[David Salem]

Thanks everyone for the comments. Good eye Grace, I didnt even notice the spot under the wing. Thanks.

[Robert Holguin]

Awsome shot!!!
Excellent take off pose, wonderful background, excellent IQ, and terrific comp.
Very well done.

[Raymond Lee]

Awesome shot! Other than the smudge underneath the wings, everything looks good!

[Stu Bowie]

Hi David, great IQ and I really like the light in this. Its seems like you were prepared, as you have nailed this nicely. The flight angle is excellent, sharp, and the colours stand out against the BG. Well captured.

[gail bisson]

Excellent shot David!
The HA is perfect and so is the IQ.
You must have done a happy dance when you saw this on the LCD screen!
Gail

[Bill Dix]

Fabulous shot, David. Great wing position, head position, colors, sharpness. You should give that kid a tip for setting this in motion when you were prepared to capture it.

[Steve Maxson]

Hi David. You captured a great pose with excellent sharpness! The whites on these ducks blow out very easily - it looks like you handled them quite well - and even got some color on the iridescent cheek patch. Very nicely done!

[Tim King]

Just WOW. Beautiful from top to bottom. Fine job.

[Frank Schauf]

Great light and flight pose.

[Mike Landwehr]

A truly beautiful image, David. One of the nicest wood duck photos I've seen. Good detail, a great head angle, and lovely background!

[David Salem]

Thanks a lot everyone for the comments. Appreciated