American wigeon

[John Mack]

This image was created at the infamous wall of shame on Oakely St in Cambridge, Maryland on 2/8/20 at 3:49PM. Image processed in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Hand held, Full frame.

Canon 5D MarkIII
Canon 500 f/4 IS USM
ISO 400
f4.0
1/4000sec

[David Roach]

Sharp and colorful with a nice pose and composition. Love the droplets, on the fence with the wing shadow. Since it doesn't involve the face, it adds some drama. Not sure. Love the spread tail feathers. TFS

[Dorian Anderson]

The techs look really good, but you got unlucky with the mid-stroke pose and resultant shadows across the body. It's a bummer since you have a beautiful view of the face.

[Jonathan Ashton]

I like it very much and the shadow? - Hey birds get shadows , they are normal, I can live with it! I think you could almost argue that to get a bird in flight without a shadow is not the norm - not "wrong" but comparatively unusual. I genuinely don't know why so many people think they are a fault.

[Brian Sump]

Very nicely details Widgeon here John. Only could wish the shadows weren't so in play as well.

Everything else is fantastic, well done!