Northern Shoveler drake, molting

[Bill Dix]

The waterfowl that I saw when I visited Baylands last month all seemed to be in transitional plumage from non-breeding to breeding, as per the season. It's interesting to see how they go about the transition.

D7000, 700mm, ISO 800, 1/2000s @ f/7.1 manual.

[Marina Scarr]

Lovely image, Bill. I might take a bit off of the left to move him a little more off center.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice smooth water, excellent low shooting angle and the pano crop was a good choice, Bill. Love to shoot this guys but it might not happen this year as the ponds are freezing over soon.

[John Robinson]

Agree maybe a little more space right but still a fine image.
JR

[Jamie Douglas]

Some good points about the crop and this is nice and sharp.

[Grace Scalzo]

I love the plumage and that wonderful shoveler bill. Nice shooting angle.

[Satish Ranadive]

Spectacular image, Bill Sir.
Lovely colors, details and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Petros Petrou]

Great light, nice clean BG and good detail. This is a very nice image.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Oh yes I like it! I think the duck is just a little central, I like the overall processing but I would consider lowering the brightness on the duck just a little and then either increasing contrast a tad or using the Selective colour option to give the bird a little more pop.

[Holger Leyrer]

Beautiful shot.
I agree with Jonathan Ashton's comment.

[Bill Dix]

Thanks everyone. Here's a repost with the bird a little to the left, and a slight tweak of brightness and blacks. Hope you like it.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Bill, you have captured the colours on this fellow so well, and what a great eye. Excellent low angle, and your repost has turned out nicely.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Yep I like the repost Bill, especially the bill, Bill