Pintail x Mallard Hybrid

[Jan Wegener]

this is one really strange but also really beautiful duck :)
He was on the same pond all the time, but it took me about 6 months to get a decent shot of him :)

Mark IIn
600 IS
sitting in the water up to my chest
840mm Iso 200 1/800

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Just realized how abnormally large head he has. Awesome xrid bird. :)
The image itself is very nice with that angle, sharpness and techs. I am expecting that of you :D

Szimi

[Ramon M. Casares]

Stunning, just amazing light, pose, detail, colors, BG and comp, love the low angle, I would only suggest to remove the reflexion of the neck in the water near the body as I find it to be a tad distracting. Big congratulations!

[Arthur Morris]

Well worth it as that is one strange, strange bird. Perfect EXP, SH, and COMP. Wish only that the head had been turned a bit towards you. With that Pintail body you would expect that long low look rather than stocky, but stocky it is.

[Sid Garige]

Excellent pose, composition and exposure. Unique image.

[Kobus Tollig]

Ditto all Arthur said. I also would clone out the reflection. Great light exposure and low angle. Great shot

[Mark Dumbleton]

Super low angle. Personally I think if the reflection was cloned out it would look unnatural.
Worth the effort for this.

[Stu Bowie]

Brilliant detail and colours, and getting wet was well worth the effort. I would leave the reflection too.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Superb.. loved the details and clolurs on this one.. great work..

[Chris Kotze]

Lovely capture, a super angle and great detail

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Since Ramón wrote about reflection cloning everybody mentioning that 'distraction'. I wonder what kind of comments would have received if Ramón had not mentioned it before. Somehow weird.

Szimi