Drake Green- winged Teal

[David Salem]

Took this last winter at my local beach estuary when the migrant waterfowl were in my area pretty thick. Due to the nice winter temperatures and being in the the pacific coastal flyway, we get a good number and variety of waterfowl each year.
Even though the light has caught the secondaries and turned them blue, they are green at a different angle. Hope you like it.

1DMKIV---700mm---f6.3---ss1/3200---ISO640---HH@8:25am---20% crop

Thanks as always for looking and for your input. Appreciated

David

[Randy Stout]

David:

Wonderful light, with very vivid colors, nice angle in the frame.

Like the full down pose.

In a perfect world, enough dof to cover the rear wing would have been nice.

A little tight in the frame for my tastes.

Cheers

Randy

[Mike Milicia]

Gorgeous colors and excellent detail ... perfectly executed!
Nice flight angle and great wing position on near wing ... wish more of far wing was visible.

[dankearl]

David,
another superb flight photo, you are killing these.
I do think you crop a bit tight for me.
As good as the details are, they would be even better for me with a bit more room around them.
The far wing doesn't bother me at all, hard enough to get the sharpness you get on these very fast flying ducks.

[Loi Nguyen]

David, another superb flight image. I never knew how beautiful ducks are until I saw your images here. Agreed with the others tat the crop is a bit tight. Love the light, details, odor, and nice water blue BG.

[David Salem]

Thanks everyone for the comments, appreciated.
I crop allot of shots that are sharp and have a plain BG a bit tight to focus on the details in the subject. I actually had this one cropped looser until I decided to post it. Here is the crop that I started with.
Probably should have left it alone.
Your thoughts?

[David Salem]

Oops, Sorry downloaded the wrong one. Here is the looser comp.

[arash_hazeghi]

sweet light, sharp details and great colors. excellent shot David

[vishaljadhav]

The pose is a a killer one, you have nailed it so very perfectly
Light is super, the crop really doesnt bother me much as i really have not looked at it, when i see the image my eye goes to the bird and stays fixed there really i was not able to see anything else.
you have great one here

[Robert Holguin]

Terrific shot.
I really like the wing position, very nice light, and I like last re post best.
Well done.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image.Very nicely pops up against blue sky.
Love the wing position,magical colors,sharp details,lights and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[James Shadle]

David,
You did it again, all three files are the same - 1617 copy2web2
I would like to see a looser crop.

[David Salem]

Sorry, thats embarrassing. Must have downloaded the same one each time. They were in different locations. Here is the one I was going to start with.
Thanks

[Jack Breakfast]

In my opinion, the looser crop is superior. Room to breathe, etc., and as for the bird: Jeepers! Well done, manzo!

[Stu Bowie]

Hi David, you are nailing these guys so well. Love the light, which in turn has brought out the colours very well, sharp, and pane # 13 works for me.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Works much better with the room around. This is a tough one to nail. Pat yourself on the back...what a shot. great colors, sharpness and angle of the bird.

The blue water looks a bit oversaturated.

[Bill Dix]

You're killing us with these teal. Big yes for pane #13. Beautiful light, color, wing position, detail.

[jack williamson]

The last crop is the ticket, excellent light and you nailed the detail on the duck. I really like the subtle tones in the BG.

Jack

[Shawn Zierman]

Pane#13....wowser. These are such fast flyers. I'm very impressed with the technical aspects of the image
as well as the light quality/colors. Gorgeous shot sir.

[David Salem]

Thanks everyone, appreciated