"Green on Green"

[David Salem]

Here's a Drake Shoveler flying past a green BG at the location of our upcoming workshop. Lucky to get him at the right angle to show off his beautiful wing and speculum colors.
I went there Sunday with five other friends and we all shot a lot and got a bunch of great flight frames.
It was pretty active with plenty of ducks starting to get nice color and the drakes are getting flighty and aggressive with a bit of testosterone in their systems. Lots of fast Teal action too. We had tons of fun trying to keep up with all the action.

1DX---840mm---f6.3---ss1/4000---ISO800---HH@7:40 am---30% crop

Thanks as always for looking and for your input. I appreciate it.

David

[dankearl]

Exquiisite, Dave and I like the placement of the bird in the frame.
The colors are spot on......

[David Salem]

Thanks Dan. I appreciate the comment.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Wow they really don't come much better than this, something to aspire to I'd say - well done.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Lovely frame David, excellent IQ as always. Love the color, wing position and head angle. Thank you for sharing.

[Joe Subolefsky]

That ones pretty much got it all!

[Marina Scarr]

Very impressive frame, David. The drake is magnificent against that green BG. I personally wish for a tad more room above and left if you have it.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi David, another killer in flight pose with the wings at max downstroke. Tack sharp all round, and I really like the various colours on this Shoveler. The eye pops so well from the greens of the head, and how is that BG. Congrats on a fine capture.

[Alan Murphy]

The best I have seen on this species.

[gail bisson]

Superb shot.
IQ awesome as always.
Love the wing position and the slight head turn towards you.
I could see a version with a crop from the bottom to create a pano.
10 out of 10 from me!
gail

[David Salem]

Thanks so much everyone for the comments. I appreciate it.

Gail, I did create one with more of a pano out of this one also. Thanks.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Man, as you know we have an over-wintering male of the species up here, and unless I want tons of mallards in the FG and BG I need to go for tight close-ups. I love the colours and wing patterns!

[William Dickson]

Perfect looking image David. Amazing colours. Great POV, I cant see how you could make this any better. Well done and thanks for sharing

[keith mitchell]

David sure this must be close to perfection.

Keith.

[Bill Dix]

Checks all the boxes for sure. I can only repeat Alan's comment: Best I've seen of this species. Outstanding.

[Grace Scalzo]

I'll chime in with my superlatives as well, Dave. Super image and the color of the background adds to the overall appeal.

[David Salem]

Thanks again everyone for the nice comments. Glad you liked it.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent flight shot. superb wing position, HA, great colors and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Ivan Sjögren]

Superb shot all round. The bg is perfectly together with the green details on the bird. Tack sharp and good IQ. I'm sure your workshop will be a great success!

[Binu John]

This couldn't be any better, David! Everything looks great here. Lovely pose and excellent IQ and BG. TFS

[James Salywoda]

Gorgeous Shot!!!! I went to San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary today and was disappointed there really isn't much going on as a lot of the ducks have moved on.