American Wigeon drake in flight, #2

[Bill Dix]

A few weeks ago I posted the up-wing frame from this sequence, taken in Cape May last month. This down-wing pose is a few frames later. I failed to pan fast enough, so the bird ended up at the far right side of the frame. So I borrowed some of the left side of the frame, and pasted it in front of him. The background reeds dovetailed surprisingly well, I thought. One thing I found interesting when comparing the two poses, was how much he arches his back when putting power into the downstroke.

D7200, 500f4 + 1.4 TC, ISO 2000,1/2500s @ f/7.1 manual.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice flight pose and good job in PP fixing the canvas, Bill.

[John Robinson]

Yes - well done. One of my ponds has a bg identical to yours !!
Cheers
JohnR

[Colin Driscoll]

Good shot Bill, and neat canvas work.

[keith mitchell]

The thing I like best about this is how well the bird stands out against the BG,don't think I would have noticed the added canvas if you had not mentioned it, very good shot Bill.

Keith.

[gail bisson]

Tack sharp with great wings down pose.
Excellent PP work.
Gail

[dankearl]

You really locked into him for this series, excellent flight shot....

[Grace Scalzo]

Super work on the processing, and never easy to get these speedy fliers sharp. Well done.