American wigeon

[gary rouleau]

Fall for Albuquerque NM means Wigeons and beautiful colours.

Canon markIII
Lens 300mm +1.4x
Hand held
iso 320 f/4.5 1/1600

Suggestions?

Cheers
gary

[Daniel Cadieux]

Overall pretty nice, sharpness and exposure look good from here. I wouldn't mind a less centered comp by cropping some off at right. The colours look a little muted - I'd either raise the colour temp or add some saturation (especially to the water). Oh, and I'd also clone/patch out the white speck in front of the wigeon.

[gary rouleau]

Thanks Daniel. Here's my second shot at it. Hope I captured your suggestions.

Cheers
gary

[Doug Brown]

The water looks incredible Gary! The repost works well. I like the pano crop.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I do like the repost Gary.

[Ben Egbert]

Heck, I liked it before the repost. Great shot, great background and how on earther do you get close enough for a 300+1.4x to work? Congrats.

[Jim Fenton]

The water is special, especially in the repost.

While I don't consider myself the HA police, a slight turn towards you perhaps would have been more optimal..but I'm being picky.

The bill looks a tad hot as does the light colored plumage on the side...at least on my end.

[Danny Laredo]

The repost is much better imo. The compo is spot on in the repost and the water colors are fantastic.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Agree with Jim re: HA. Otherwise a mighty fine image with fabulous water! Rockin'! :)

[Keith Bauer]

Ahh that water looks great.. Oh.. the bird looks great on the water as well. I like the pano crop from the re-post. Nice image.

[Harshad Barve]

rocking water and compo in repost looks better
TFS