Long Tailed Duck Landing

[Bill Sharkey]

I was fortunate to capture the initial phase of the landing of this male long tailed duck last weekend. It was an overcast day with patches of blue sky.



Shot handheld with the 500 f4 on a bushhawk.

Thanks for looking. :)

Bill Sharkey

[Axel Hildebrandt]

The pose and shape of the tail are very cool. I might try to tone down the whites on the head a tiny bit. It doesn't look overexposed but maybe you could get out more details.

[Arthur Morris]

Hey Bill, Wonderfully done. Even though he is a he I just love all those surves!

later and love, artie

[Tony Whitehead]

Lovely, Bill. Pose is stunning. Maybe a little selective tone adjustment and sharpening on the eye would improve an already great image.

[Linda Robbins]

Wonderful image Bill. Fantastic pose and composition. Beautiful capture!

[Rod Wiley]

This is one very nice image, its sharp and I like the tail feathers trailing in back.

[Glenn Bartley]

This is very cool Bill. Congrats! I love the pose.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Fantastic pose and composition!!!

[Bill Sharkey]

Thanks everyone

Appreciate the comments as always :)

Bill

[Jody Melanson]

Awesome image Bill! I would use a Selective Color Layer, choose the White slider, slide the Black slider under the White color to the right to tone the whites down a bit. (hope this makes sense. :D)

[Bill Sharkey]

Thanks Jody that worked great. :)

Bill

[Mike Lentz]

Fantastic pose!