Lesser Scaup (Its Duck season 2008-2009)

[James Salywoda]

Lesser Scaup
Southern, California

Well this is officially the first flight shot for the coming duck season here locally although the numbers are low they
will increase in the coming weeks as I have seen many of the species that stay here for the winter....

Nikon D300 AFS 600 F4 1.4 TC
1/1250 F6.3 ISO 400

Thanks For Looking
Jim

[Doug Brown]

I'm getting an itchy trigger finger looking at this one Jim! Nicely done!

[Tony Whitehead]

Well done, Jim. That focus has locked beautifully on the head.

[Mike Lentz]

Nice timing and sharpness on this guy! Your making me want to fly back to San Diego this winter.

[bill kominsky]

Another winner James.

Bill

[Doug Paratore]

What's amazing about this shot is how quickly Jim picked it up, focused on it, and got the shot. I was about six feet to his right and could not acquire this bird. Too fast.

Great shot Jim! Looks even better than it did in-camera. The lighting and wing position really work in this shot.

BTW - how did you get him to smile for you???:D