Red Bill Teal

[Dion Lifton]

1/2000 sec , f 5.6 , 700 mm , iso 400 , early morning .

[Maxis Gamez]

Hello Dion,

What a lovely capture and light. The colors are amazing and the composition works very well. Excellent work.

[John Cooper]

This is a superb capture Dion - everything has worked in your favour here - you just have to love that light!!! Congratulations!!

[Michael Rosenbaum]

Very nice image. I love the detail on the neck/shoulder. Composition is good, though a tad more space behind the bird might also work. Beautiful bokeh.

[Raymond Barlow]

wonderful image Dion, I like the comp, and that bird is amazing!

[Arthur Morris]

Lovely with my favorite wing position. Gorgeous light and very sharp. Love the COMP and the BKGR. Not much left to love so congrats. Would not mind seeing a slightly less saturated less yellow version. Just slightly... Where was this great image created?

later and love, artie

[Dion Lifton]

Thanks all for the comments and positive crit , learning from you all as i go along .....
Arthur , it was taken at a bird sanctuary called Marievale , on the East Rand ,
Johannesburg , South Africa .

[Glenn Bartley]

THis is such a sweet flight image. I love the lighting and wing pose.

[Tony Whitehead]

Get shot Dion - it's all been said already:)

[Stephen Stephen]

Beautifully captured Dion.

[Blake Shadle]

Yeah, this is good ;) Very well done. I love the wing position, and the background. Great work all around!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Excellent image. I like the soft light, wing position and BG. I would give it a tiny bit more space at the left.

[Doug Brown]

I love this photo, from the sharpness to the wing position, to the BG, to the bird itself. My only nit would be that like Art, I would tone down the yellow in the BG a touch.

[Geurt Bloem]

Well done Dion, still works well for me.

[Dan O'Leary]

I will coattail on all these other comments only to say I agree and to give credit to the beautiful bird that is featured.