Flight Of A Whistling Duck

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

This was taken a few weeks ago at Wakodahatchee. We have been fortunate the last couple of years to have had them stay in our area through the summer months and some even had little ones.

Nikon D3
Nikon 200 to 400mm F4
ISO 400
1/8000, F4

All comments are much appreciated.

[Arthur Morris]

Killer downstroke, sharp, and perfect exposure. A real gem.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Beautiful bird, light and wing position. Do you have frames taken a few seconds earlier, too? I might brighten the shadows a bit.

[Alfred Forns]

A winner Judy !!! One fine flight image !!! Big Congrats !!!!

[Sharna Lee]

WOW Judy!!!

This is an excellent shot. I love the colors and the position of the birds wings. Beautiful.

Sharna

[Dave Phillips]

beautiful Judy Lynn....sharp!!
we have a pair of these hanging out here in NW La, but I have not been able to get close

[Raul Quinones]

Awesome picture. Great colors, exp and details.

[Steve Maxson]

Love the wing position and the sharpness, Judy. Very well done.

[Jim Neely]

Beautiful flight shot, Judy. Good focus and exposure.

jn

[Michael Castellano]

Impressive exposure control to get some detail on both the blacks and whites and not totally blow out the sky. I'd be tempted to warm up the sky a bit by adding a little magenta and deepening the toning a bit for effect.

[Fabs Forns]

Great pose, comadre, I'd lighten the birds back a bit. Hope to see you soon!

[Jim Fenton]

I will agree with Axel relative to the shadow areas for once...just a hair of a tweak perhaps?

[Maxis Gamez]

Very nice composition, pose and details. You have a winner here Judy!

[David Hemmings]

This is awesome Judylyn, I love the colors and the pose, sweet!

[Lance Peters]

Wow Wow Wow :)