Mottled Duck A Takeoff

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

This was taken last week at Gree Cay from the boardwalk. I was standing watching a whistling duck when the this mottled duck tookoff in front of me. I qucikly grabbed a few images and of course if the shutter speed had been higher I would not have had the blurred wings but in this case I do like what the shutter speed at 1/500 accomplished.

Nikon D300
Nikon 300 F4
ISO 320
1.500 F7.1
manual
All comments are much appreciated

[Markus Jais]

I like it a lot. great wing pose. the motion blur of the wing tips is wonderful.
the only thing that I think could have improved this shot is a more beautiful BG, for example green water (tree reflections). But you have to take what's there.

Markus

[Doug Brown]

Well done Judy! The wing blur is what makes this picture for me. You got eye contact and the head is sharp. Like the composition too.

[Raymond Barlow]

cool action shot, the wing postion is excellent.

[Haim Ziv]

Very impressive and great flight pose.

[Steve Canuel]

Hi Judy,
I like the angle of this one. The blurred wing tips are a nice contrast to the sharp middle body.
Steve

[Jay Tan]

I love this alot Judy! The frontal pose is great and the blurred wings give it such a great sense of motion! Frankly speaking for such images, I prefer some wing blur than completely frozen wings. :)