Riding the Wave

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I photographed this female Long-tailed Duck at Barnegat Light a week ago.



1D4, 500f4, 1.4x, 1/1000s, f/8, ISO 400

[Randy Stout]

Axel:

Sharp, well exposed, nice expression( love the lamellae showing). Like the waves, esp. the texture in front of the bird.

Cheers

Randy

[Stu Bowie]

Lovely pose with a good HA, and I like the overall detail on her. Interesting how the DOF falls away fairly quickly in the BG. Was it due to large swells, thus a fair distance away.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Lovely pose with a good HA, and I like the overall detail on her. Interesting how the DOF falls away fairly quickly in the BG. Was it due to large swells, thus a fair distance away.

Thanks, Stuart! Yes, the appearance of narrow DOF is due to the swell.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Axel....loved the waves a lot in this one. Well done on getting the sun angle perfect.

[James Salywoda]

A nice choice of composition Axel it works well here.

[Arthur Morris]

Head angle, the wave, the pano crop, and the right on EXP combine to make this one work.

[LouBuonomo]

I like the look at you on this one.. assuming barnegat ?

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the look at you on this one.. assuming barnegat ?

Thanks, Lou! Yes, this was at Barnegat Light.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Excellent work Axel. Nothing to add mate that has not been mentioned. :)