Wigeon Portrait

[Keith Bauer]

As Gary Rouleau said in his recent post... It's fall in Albuquerque so we have some beautiful water and Wigeons. This portrait is full frame. This guy was calling for his mate. I liked the open beak pose and the nice close portrait.

Canon 50D
500mm f/4 with 1.4x TC
ISO 400
1/4000 @ f/5.6
No Flash
Handheld

The green in the water is the reflection from a cottonwood tree.

Thx for your thoughts.

[gary rouleau]

Keith, wonderful exposure and detail. I like it a lot. Beware of the HA police they are out there.

gary

[Doug Brown]

Nothing like getting all of your pixels on a handsome Wigeon calling out! Super sharp. Be careful hand holding that 500...you might get addicted to it!

[Brian Barcelos]

Very lovely head shot with lots of detail. BG is very nice and the green strips compliment his colors nicely although the bit behind his head looks like you used the smudge tool in PS a little too strongly. Congrats

[Arthur Morris]

Love the colors, the sharpness, and the open bill. Where? It seems on the early side for wigeon.

[Fabs Forns]

Gorgeous portrait with the iridescence showing beautifully. Nice action, good detail and perfect EXP.

[Harshad Barve]

Beautiful image with great details and expo, Loving every pixel of this image
TFS

[arash_hazeghi]

Beautiful shot Keith, everything right on money here.

[John Blumenkamp]

Fantastic image Keith... colors, detail and comp are all killer. Congrats!

[David Fletcher]

Fabulous shot Keith. Superb IQ. Details and comp and pose are killers. WD!

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Excellent portrait Keith, love the open bill and it's so sharp! :)