Pintail take 2

[Tim Munsey]

Next one in my sequence, thinking I prefer this one.

D850, 500mm f/4E with 1.4TC III, 1/2500 at F/5.6 ISO 280, handheld.

[Randy Stout]

Tim:

A beautiful duck, that you did justice to. Soft light, complimentary bg, excellent feather detail. Yes, the body is angled just a bit away, but the head is parallel to the sensor, works nicely for me.

Congrats

Randy

[Dorian Anderson]

Beautiful bird and action pose! Great detail and eye contact. Exposure looks great, but the entire frame seems a bit dark to me; the colors don't really pop as they should in bright sunlight. You have plenty of headroom to add some light
if you chose to do so.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Beautiful bird with lovely flight pose and clean BG. Nice details as well. Nice soft light too.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Lovely Pintail image... I agree maybe a tad dark. Thank you for sharing, Tim.

[John Mack]

Love the dorsal view and that flaired tail. Killer two toned background. Nice and sharp.

[William Dickson]

I liked the first one better....But, this is really good, those details you captured are perfect. Yes, to a little brighter. Well done

Will

[Tim Munsey]

Thanks all for comments will look at using my luminescence masks to brighten the midtones.

[gail bisson]

I this this is lovely but I prefer your first post.
IQ, sharpness are excellent.
I find it a bit dark and would increase exposure or brightness slightly,
Gail

[Tim Munsey]

Lighter version.