Long-tailed Ducks in Flight

[Raymond Barlow]

Burlington, Ontario, Canada
D300 / 200-400 VR
1/4000s f/4.0 at 400.0mm iso400

hand held, natural light, vertical crop
added canvas to the bottom

[Bob Malbon]

Ray, Love it! Maybe needs a bit more canvas both L & R. I am sure some will want it lighter but knowing the LT environment I think it is a perfect capture of their world! Bob

[Mike Lentz]

This is a wonderful image, Ray! An image that could be done horizontally or vertically I suppose. Nicely balanced exposure/PP.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Crop looks good, and I wouldn't have known you added canvas below if I hadn't read it. The water textures look great as a backdrop. The bit of noise in the BG doesn't bother me in this case.

[Steve Maxson]

Beautiful, Ray. Great job of getting both members of the pair in sharp focus with excellent lighting on the birds. I think this would look good with a variety of crops. I like the way that the light reveals that these mostly "black and white" ducks are really "brown and white."

[Juan Aragonés]

Fantastic image of a really nice duck species that I would love to see. Very good exposure job and great Ps job with the adition of more room at the bottom. Love the light on the birds and the fact that they are overlapping a litle bit without disturbance. great eye contact and nice BG, OOF but with lots of details and textures. Your series of LT ducks are superb Ray:)

[John Ippolito]

Beautiful image Ray. I like the exposure and position of the ducks. And the canvas addition of that dark water BG is masterful-couldn't guess it was added. Nicely done.