Ringneck

[Trey Barron]

After trying for days to get close to these guys, it finally worked out.
Canon 50D 500mm +1.4X, 1/400 @f8, iso 400

[Randy Stout]

Trey:

We don't have this duck in Michigan, so a pleasure to see it. I suspect they are difficult to expose properly because of the mix of very dark and white. Looks pretty good in this one.

On my monitor, the eye is just a bit soft. Perhaps some selective sharpening there would bring it up without inducing much noise in the darker areas.

I might crop just a bit off the bottom as well.

Cheers

Randy

[Trey Barron]

Thanks Randy. The eyes of these guys are tough. I will sharpen it some more and try the crop.

[Nate Chappell]

It looks really good to me as posted Trey, you got the nice sheen on the head and the eye looks pretty sharp to me. It's a lovely shot, if anything I might try just a bit of highlight adjustment to see if I could bring down some of the brightness in the water and the whites on the side.

[Grady Weed]

I might add a slight ccw rotation. Nice eye contact and good work getting close. A very hard duck to get close to. I like the crop as is.

[Dan Walker]

Turned out pretty good Trey. Good details and head angle. I like the wake in front of him.

[ChasMcRae]

Just recognized your name Trey-Nice Ringneck !
Keep on shooting.
Chas.

[Trey Barron]

Thanks Charles