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
Nikon D300s AFS 600 F4 1.4 TC
1/2500 F7.1 ISO 640
Thanks For Looking
Jim
Last edited by James Salywoda; 01-05-2010 at 09:41 PM.
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.
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.
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,
Peter
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.
I cannot stop staring at the upperwing detail on the near wing. Superb.
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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!:)
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.
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!