Wood Duck - A Rainbow of Grace

[Jay Ing]

Had an absolute blast shooting wood ducks for the first time ever down in Santa Cruz. Will definitely be heading back. Will post a few from today but this is an early favorite.

A1/600+1.4/HH

2000/3200/6.3

C1P/PS

TFL.

[Jonathan Ashton]

I like the colours the pose and the background, sharp good DOF.

[Brian Sump]

Nice wing position Jay. Like the iridescence on the head showing off those beautiful colors.

Solid background for this subject. Overall well shot!

[William Dickson]

Looking good here Jay....not much I would change...if anything.....Nice flight pose with a good BG.

Will

[Randy Stout]

Jay:

As someone who has shot a lot of wood duck images, congrats, as this isn't an easy image to get everything right on. Agree with comments from the others. Only thing I might try is a version a few degrees warmer on the color temp, just personal taste.

Well done!

Randy

[Bill Dix]

Great flight pose, background, iridescent colors. Nicely done.

[Kurt Bowman]

Great flight pose Jay! Shot many of these and agree it's not an easy frame to get, so well done. Maybe I am the only one, but I feel it is a bit forward or centered in the frame. Do you have any more room in front? If you do, I might have cropped it with more room in front and subject a tad more the the left. Stiill it's a great frame. Nice work!

[Daniel Cadieux]

Good stuff on this beautiful duck! Nice BG, good pose overall. I agree with Kurt re: comp. I would also remove the few water drops behind as there are not enough to make them worth keeping IMO. These guys a re just about looking prime up here - I'm thinking a visit to the local spots these guys are found in is just the ticket soon!

[arash_hazeghi]

killer pose and drama, cannot get much better than this