Spring in the Air.

[dankearl]

Taken yesterday afternoon at my local garden/pond, the first hints of spring color!!
Wigeon female.
D500, 500ps, f5.6, 1/3200, iso1100

2DS_9949bp2.jpg

[gail bisson]

Nice and sharp with a lovely BG and nice light.
If I had one small issue it would be that the near wing position feels a bit awkward. I prefer full up or full down.
I am jealous of your spring- we are still buried in records amount of snow and getting another storm tonight...
Gail

[Colin Driscoll]

Great detail and yes a pity it was banking slightly away from you.
But it is Spring and that must be lovely.

[arash_hazeghi]

sweet shot Dan, I also wish the near wing was fully down. sharp with good details and a good BG too

TFS

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like pretty much everything here, except I do find the brightest whites on the sides too bright. Any more detail there to extract? Spring is in the air indeed!!

[Jonathan Ashton]

A beautiful shot Dan, just about spot on from where I'm sitting. I don't worry about the wing positions they look fine to me, perhaps the brightest whites on the flank as Dan suggests may be teased to give a tad more detail.

[John Mack]

Nice pose and light on this one. I don't mind the near wing. No spring here.

[William Dickson]

Very nice, what great detail and flight pose you captured...The BG shows the bird well.

Will