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    I was working some of my images and was pleased with this one as I added canvas in front of the duck
    to save this shot a whole 2inches that tells you how close this one was from being trashed.:D

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    Love how nicely the wing colors are displayed. Nice exposure (you held the whites and got good color in the head), and of course the sharpness is excellent.
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    Yet another fine image James, lovely wing pose , HA , eye & wing details. You have mighty fine collection of duck images
    TFS

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    Another superb inflight capture from you James. Well exposed colours, and nice and sharp. Well done.

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    I think you should be kicked out of this forum! This is too good for me....:eek:
    Way to go my friend! You are the man!!!:cool:

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    Lovely action captured of the bird nice BG

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    Good wingposition, great colors, good sharpness and BG. Great shot Jim!

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    I like the wing position, eye contact, angle and BG. Does it need a tad CW rotation?

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    Jim, Beautiful sharp details and eye contact. I love these guys and never get close enough. The BG color really compliments the duck:)

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    I think this is a marvelous in flight. The position of the wings and their tips is as good as it gets. Spot on exposure and sharpness. The feet look a little over saturated to me.

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    Really great job balancing the darks and lights - very nice shot!

    Mark

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    Superb Image. I echo all the previous positive comments. I like the foot as it is, wet looking with some water drops trailing down. I have never seen one of these, TFS,
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    James, this shot is on the money in every way. These birds aren't easy to expose, and you did it better than well. The additional canvas makes the comp really work. The colors look spot on from beak to tail. Love the movement in the wings.

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    This is truly a "wish it was mine" shot, right down to the curving primaries

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    great colours,BG ,comp ,posture and comp Great inflight image
    jan:)

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    Terrific! Not sure I have seen too many flight shots of N Shovelers. Love the light, detail and color

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    Well done Jim, great details and pin sharp! :) Congrats.

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    Jim:

    Excellent as mentioned. I didn't think these guys could fly.:)

    For my taste, I would tone down the feet marginally.

    I wonder if the broad bill introduces aerodynamic problems for them? Would act like the elevator on an airplane.

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    I cannot stop staring at the upperwing detail on the near wing. Superb.
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    I do too love this image! Gorgeous bird and details.

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    Fabulous Jim! Well worth salvaging with the added canvas. This image is so perfect that a flaw seems to surface for me and that is the upper tip of the bill:), seems not to be sharp. Love it none the less!:)

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    Stunning...absolutely gorgeous Jim. Beautiful in every way. Big congrats!

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    Wow, impressive handling of lights to darks with excellent color saturation. The top back and wing patterning and detail is wonderful for me. Just enough conveyance of motion and a pinpoint catchlight in the eye. I do see a strange spot directly front and above on the bill?
    Great color depth throughout.

    Karl

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    Outstanding work, Jim! Agree with all of the above superlatives. Wow.

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    I never get tired of watching your superb flight images Jim and this one is another fine example of your ability to capture the action of ducks. I think that you are goog because: 1) you get the action, 2) you are able to pick a good image from a long series of nearly equal quality (and that is not easy to do), 3) you select very good shooting points (light angle, wind direction, time, etc), 4) you process the images very good and, of course, 5) you have a very good technical level.

    I love everything on this image and I only could ask for a bit more room at the left. The textures in the wing are outstanding!

    Terrific work :)

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    Outstanding

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