Green-winged Teal

[Doug Brown]

I just love this species of duck! Challenging to photograph in flight and beautiful to look at, especially when the light hits them just right.

Canon 1Dx, 600mm II + 1.4x II, f/7.1, 1/2000, ISO 500, manual exposure, hand held

[Bret Goddard]

Hello Doug, I think any Flight of any Duck is challenging to say the least. You really did a great job here, nice background but the detail is especially nice. That little black and white patch behind and under the green on the wing is as beautifull as the green, Grand job all in all/

[Joseph Przybyla]

Gorgeous image, great background and colors. A beautiful bird I have yet to capture.

[gail bisson]

What's not to like? Perfect wing position with a very slight head turn.
The light is perfect to show the green.
Tack sharp and perfect BG.
Love it,
Gail

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Lovely colors rendered on this duck and an excellent complementary bg. I can guess where this was photographed.
Nice sharpness and I love the eye contact from the slight head turn.
A personal quirk, but I wish the far wing was showing a bit more.

[dankearl]

Beautiful light and sharp as can be.
Duck flight photos don't get much better....

[Bill Dix]

Sweet! perfect wing position showing his colors, and perfect head turn. Techs spot on as usual.

[eddyswan]

Beautiful flight image with great light, pose and BG.

[Richard Flack]

Stunning image Doug. Love the BG

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

This one is a stunner Doug! Great light, very sharp, superb detail and perfect wing position and an amazing BG to complement it! WOW.

[Karl Egressy]

Great flight pose, excellent IQ and matching background. This duck represents one of the best looking duck species for sure.

[David Salem]

Great looking Green-winged Teal shot Doug. The wing position, HA, detail and the killer BG all look awesome. The only thing that could be better would be a bit more light/color on the speculums.
You sure got some good ones when you were down here! See ya soon

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Not sure you could ask for a better wing position or head angle. I mean, the bird is as parallel to you as possible (you can't see the far wing at all) and the head is tilted the "ever-so-slightly" perfect angle toward the camera. Even though he's flying straight ahead, you still get the sense of eye contact - must be that catchlight.

Wouldn't change a thing. Not a thing.

[christopher galeski]

it's all been said,magic image,love the light,good BG,bird sharp with good detail.well done.

[Frank Schauf]

Excellent flight pose and sharp details.

[Doug Brown]

Thank you all for the comments!

[mohammad reza shahab]

Perfect wing position.Excellent BG & detail.well done