Female Mallard

[gary rouleau]

Out shooting with Doug Brown last weekend -it only took me a week to get to the photo.
Cropped and a little sharpening.

Wigeon pond, Albuquerque.

Canon markiV -I
ISO 640 f/6.3 1/2500

Canon 300 f/2.8 +1.4x

Cheers and Happy holidays everyone.
gary

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Cool pose, sharpness, light and BG. Maybe a bit tight in the frame?

You have a Mark IV or is this a Freudian slip? :)

[Arthur Morris]

Killer pose and BKGR. And sharp. My only wish is that the bird were flying slightly towards you rather than slightly away.

What's the consensus on next year's Operation Open Windows? I'd love to see you put in at least one more year... I would commit to being there with you. And working Something like September 12th...

[gary rouleau]

Just a Mark IV minus I.

gary

[gary rouleau]

Artie, I believe we'll be there again next year. We are going to meet with Shawn next week, there are few details we would like to clean up (resolve) first. Lots of snow at the Bosque this week and cold.

gary

[Mike Tracy]

I agree a couple of degrees toward you would have been nice but still superb.

[Arthur Morris]

Artie, I believe we'll be there again next year. We are going to meet with Shawn next week, there are few details we would like to clean up (resolve) first. Lots of snow at the Bosque this week and cold.
gary

Super. Let me know how it goes. I need to write them all a long letter.... Are you any good at building decks?

[gary rouleau]

Decks, blinds, nuclear reactors, you name it. We'll keep you up to date Artie.

gary

[Doug Brown]

Nicely done Gary! Had a great time with you and Christian.

[Arthur Morris]

Decks, blinds, nuclear reactors, you name it. We'll keep you up to date Artie. gary

Hey, blowing up the place and starting over sounds like a plan....

[Ofer Levy]

Great shot!! Light, techs and pose are superb.

[Harshad Barve]

beautiful pose , lovely light and perfect techs
TFS

[Brian Ivener]

Where is "Wigeon pond, Albuquerque"?

[arash_hazeghi]

Great shot, lovely pose and colors. congrats

[Arthur Morris]

On a second look I see that the bird is actually angling toward you but the head and neck are turned away. Bad luck....

[Peter Farrell]

Just a fantastic BIF image. Very sharp and nice wing blur.

[Kiran Poonacha]

would love a bit mor space in front, loved the light on the bird, great details and the perfect wing blur...