Grooming time /northern Pintail

[Suzanne Huot]

From last weeks one day of sun .I like photographing birds doing things ,early morning and the light was so clear I could not resist taking this image .I made one version with the reflection in the water but it did not sit well in the frame and I preferred the cropped version .If i had been kneeling it would have looked a lot better in the frame composition wise but this was not an option as shore was very wet and muddy with wall to wall goose poo
Canon Mk 11 1d
canon 500
Tv 1/4000
Av 6.3
C/C most welcome and Thank you for looking

[Harshad Barve]

No image Suzanne

[Harshad Barve]

Beautiful image Suzanne , nice control on techs , nice pose and lovely compo
TFS

[Kiran Poonacha]

just wished you were more to your left ( I know we always wish this or that), I loved the details, pose and light is sweet.

[Rob Drummond]

Lovely detail and light Suzanne

cheers
Rob

[Art Peslak]

Good exposure. You captured a nice behabavioral shot. I like the tail feathers up in the air but the bird is a little too centered for my taste.

[John Haig]

Great image. Love the open bill and the way the tail plumes are so distinct against the background. Another vote for a slightly more off center composition...perhaps a little more space at top if you have it and a little less of the reflection. It also looks like it could use just a hair of clockwise rotation.

[Rodney Flowers]

Great detail and action shot. I would like it if the bird were rotated so I could see the eye more clearly. And I agree that a little less reflection would be better.

[James Salywoda]

This is sweet Suzanne I like your angle of capture and the detail and exposure are perfect on this beautiful duck.