Female Wood Duck

[Nonda Surratt]

From last year..In major duck withdraw in case you haven't guessed:D Large crop, all natural sky and as with all duckies part of the getting closer project.

M111, 300f2.8+2xtc,@f7.1, ISO 400, 1/2500 manual

[denise ippolito]

Nonda, I love your ducks in flight series-each with a BG to die for! Nice HA on this one-well done!!

[Nonda Surratt]

Thanks Denise..I pretty much live for Duck migration, favorite time

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Nonda,
I like the composition, image ans capture...the duck is placed just right in frame, showing a good head angle and good eye contact. I like the wing position...my only suggestion would be to run a tad of noise reduction in the background...well done...looking forward to your next one...:cool:

[Doug Brown]

The detail really held up well for a large crop! Love the wing position, eye contact, and BG, although I agree with Gus's suggestion about NR. Keep up the good work!

[Katie Rupp]

Hi Nonda, another great DIF (ducks-in-flight); the colors are so rich and love that eye.

[Lance Peters]

Hi Nonda - Agree with Gus - some NR and its all good.
well done:)

[Nonda Surratt]

Thanks all..Not sure that is noise, looked at it up close here and more like posterazation (sp) worked on the sky separately from the bird to get a bit more blue (ran a light g. blur on it after) and it looks like I over did the saturation part, whoopsie:o

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Nonda . . .

Looks like your having a great Duck migration at the moment, love all your Ducks lately, and this one in particular.

Do you ever get any Mandarin's, I have never seen one in the wilds except on TV last night . . .

Thasnks for sharing

Uncle Gus

[Nonda Surratt]

Nope no Mandarins Gus, that would be cool! The migrations is just starting, P-tails are the early guys and the real push hits in March. I've been rather house bound and getting stir crazy, reason I've been playing around with images from last season.

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Nonda My suggestion would be getting a 600 with 2X :)
Sure wish you could get closer to these guys !!!

[Harold Davis]

when you get the 600, please post a pic of don's face when he sees the bill!!! will be good for a laugh!! love the bg in this one too!! well done with the large crop!!