Mallard on the Run!

[Raymond Barlow]

D300 / 200-400 @ 400mm
1/1600 sec, f4, iso 250
Katana Gimbal, gitzo 1340, slight crop
natural light, basic editing.

Unfortunately a lower angle is not possible at this pier., without a boat!

[Grace Scalzo]

Raymond, I think that your angle here is fine as it afforded you that beautiful blue water as your bg, and an interesting reflection pattern. I could envision this with the mallard more right in the frame, if you have it. The sharpness of his body with the motion of his wings looks perfect.

[Joe Brown]

Great shot, very well taken with nice reflection. The light is very good providing excellent detail on the body and feet.

Joe

[Ofer Levy]

Awesome shot Ray - love it!!

[Harshad Barve]

Lovely pose and HA here Raymondbhai , nice BG and little splash of water
TFS

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Look at that!

Gorgeous bird and pose. The blurred wings adds motion to the image. Light angle seems great.

[niranjan sant]

oh wow,lovely action. tak sharp and lovely low angle,beautiful blue water

[Jim Crosswell]

Great shot Ray! I like the sharpness BG and reflection in this one.

[Raymond Barlow]

thanks for the nice comments!

[Juan Aragonés]

I missed this one Ray and I have to say that I like it very much. Light is really interesting and the action is very good. In a perfect world, I would prefer to see the complete reflection of the duck in the blue water but I can live with that :)