Green-winged Teal

[Katie Rupp]

Greetings All!
Great day, today. Good light, lots of birds (mostly ducks) and a new lens that is blowing me away! C&C greatly appreciated and thank you for looking.

Canon 40D; Manual exp. f4, 1/1600; ISO 400 with 500 f4 IS

[Nonda Surratt]

Hey you got the 500, COOL! On my list eventually

Really great colors and details, love that duck! Not sure about so much brown below the duck?

[Lance Peters]

Hi Katie - Congrats on the new lens - lovely colours and sharp - like the raised foot.

Heres my take - cropped some of the bottom off and sharpened the eye a tad.
:)

[denise ippolito]

Katie, great job w/ the new lens!! Lance's re-post is great!

[denise ippolito]

This duplicated-

[Harold Davis]

congrats on the new lens!! and it was great to meet you on sunday afternoon!!!! i do like lance's repost. nice capture!

[Katie Rupp]

Thanks Lance, I like the crop and the eye. It seems that I need to be more bold with eyes as that is a frequent comment on my images.

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Congrats on your new lens Katie. Awesome details and great composition.
It sure was fun last Sunday and a pleasure meeting you.
Regards,

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Katie,
I like the composition, image and capture...the raised foot is a plus...the color rendition and sharp details are very good. I like Mr. Peters' repost...:)
Congratulations on your new toy...:Dlooking forward to seeing more...:cool:

[Desmond Chan]

Wow, a 500!!! Great shot !!!

[Gail Spitler]

You'll love the lens; of course you have to start working on your biceps and triceps to carry it around (smile).
Love the image - sharpness, exposure, color, raised foot all terrific. I agree with cropping some off the bottom but I am not sure about the sharpening of the eye - looks a tad unnatural to me (too light). Another plus is that this is an uncommon image of a duck - sort of like "a duck out of water" (smile - couldn't resist)

Cheers
Gail

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Katie big congrats on your new lens and tripod :)

Like the crop by Lance Just right !!! For these ducks you should make multiple images since lighting up the feathers is a mater of chance. When the sun hits them the right way they are a thing of beauty !!! Big Congrats !!!

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Katie, your characteristic sharpnes and colours will be improved even more. Have fun with that lens. Lucky you. Would take a bit off the bottom. Love the colours on this bird.