Tail feathers...

[dankearl]

Run of the mill flight photo of an American Wigeon but I like their tail feathers a lot....

1/2000, f5, 420mm (300 w/ 1.4), D800, HH

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[Jim Crosswell]

I like the splayed tail, flight angle, BG, composition and beads of water on the breast of the duck. Nice image Dan.

[Dvir Barkay]

nice shot, sharpening and noise reduction look a little funny. under the wings it looks like a whole lot of NR has really blurred the details, and the head and body is slightly over sharpened in my eyes. Also its got a lot of extra cyan and blue saturation which is easy to remove. Here is a version with both cyans and blues taken down in PS by -31.

[arash_hazeghi]

I like the dynamic pose and details, a very nice BG. Sharpness is good, it is not over-sharpened. I also like the water drops on the chest.

I agree under the under wing detail has been greatly impacted by NR, the lower primaries have become almost indistinguishable. I also wish the far wing was fully raised.

TFS, nice frame

[keith mitchell]

Dan I don't have a decent flight shot of any bird (run of the mill),the tail bit that you point out really does look good, I do see the bits that Dvir as pointed out.

[gail bisson]

I agree with the above comments.
I really like the incoming angle and the fanned tail and that great BG!
Gail

[Raybel Robles]

I agree with the above comments on the NR on the wing. The background is really nice and the pose of the bird is ok. The repost by Dvir works well with reducing the purple/blue cast.

[William Dickson]

Great flight shot Dan, its a pity about the underwing. Well done

[David Salem]

Nice to see a duck IF from you Dan. I like it. The sharpness looks good to me and I like the pose and flight angle. Ya, the NR is a bit heavy on the under wing but it doesn't bother me to much. Might look better being a bit grainy. Well done.