Incoming

[Stu Bowie]

My good friend Dave Barnes posted an image of this guy last week. We are both embarressed that we do not know the ID of this duck. It is definately a cross breed, thus not knowing who the two guilty parties are. Notice that one of the webs is missing from the right foot.Taken in Pretoria.

Canon 50D
100-400 L IS USM @ 400mm
1/2000
F/5.6
ISO 800

Exp Comp +0.33
Hand Held

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the angle, light, eye contact and BG. I wish we could see the underside of the near wing better and might put the bird a tiny bit further to the left in the frame. I don't think he is winning any swimming competitions with his right foot. :)

[christopher galeski]

nice image,BG goes with the color of the bird,nice light,I agree with Axel,a tad more to the left with the bird.thanks.

[Doug Brown]

Nice light, sharpness, and exposure. Good eye contact. Like Axel, I'd like to see more of the near wing. There appears to be some PS work done above the tip of the far wing.

[Ryan Lambert]

Super image Stu, I really like the pose captured, super bg giving the subject a 3d feel. Also can't help with the ID absolutely no clue, possibly Teal like body and tail...

[Gal Shon]

nice capture, very well exposed
BG, light and pose are superb.
On my monitor it seems a bit soft

[Jeni Williams]

Stu, this looks similar to the one Margot posted a couple of months back - she was going to contact a bird tog re ID. If taken at AR maybe give her a shout?

[Aidan Briggs]

No clue on the ID. Nice light, wing position, and head angle. I don't mind not seeing much of the near wing.

Well done!

[Ramon M. Casares]

Nice pose and BG, nice light and detail, colors are good and comp is good although just a TAD more to the left would be better IMO, too bad one of his feet was injured. Nice image though. Congratulations!

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Like the colours in this Stu. Well exposed with good detail. A slightly higher ss would have benefitted you here.

[David Fletcher]

Love the light and comp on this Stu. My first thought was a Hottentot Teal, but the bill color throws me. Stumped!

[Ryan Lambert]

Stu the more I think about this the more i think it is a teal of sorts, David is most probably right with Hottentot

[Kobus Tollig]

Great shot here. Good comp and well exposed. Looks like a Red Billed Teal cross with White faced duck

[Morkel Erasmus]

he's also not winning the elegant flyer competition! :)
nice pose and exposure Stu. in a perfect world the wings would be evenly spread out. head is nice and sharp!

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Really cool pose Stu. Love the BG. I would also place a bit more to the left of the frame. Looks a tad oversharpened. Thanks for sharing. :)

[Kiran Poonacha]

All said obove brother.. I like the BG and pose, wished for more focus on the head...

[Mark Dumbleton]

I would throw in a guess and say teal cross white face duck too. Super pose here and love the BG!
Well captured!

[Jeni Williams]

Hi Stu, I sent the link to Mark Anderson of Birdlife South Africa - he has come up with
"It is apparently a female Red-crested Pochard."
Good to know.:) but I still can't find it in the book!!!

[Stu Bowie]

To one and all, thank you all so much for the great feedback, suggestions, and kind words. I appreciate it stacks.