Northern Shoveler

[James Salywoda]

Northern Shoveler
Southern, California

Well we are getting nailed by some serious rain the past week so I thought I'd post one from the morning the storms were arriving.

Nikon D300S AFS 600 F4 1.4 TC
1/2500 F7.1 ISO 640

Thanks For Looking
Jim

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

beautiful pose,eye contact...details!!!

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

James...a cracker of a shot. I like the panning feel in the BG...gives a sense of speed. But I guess you did not pan as the SS is quite high. Wonderful eye-contact, exposure, sharpness and wing position.

[Albert Froneman]

James I really like this, the wing posture works well for me and the exposure and colour looks perfect. I would have just added some canvas in front of the bird as the composition is a bit to central for me! Congrats though on a marvelous capture!

[Arthur Morris]

Fabulous wing position. Love the blue wing coverts on that far wing. The body feathers look a tad sharper than the eye but the eye looks sharp enough. Wish only that the head was fully molting. The world of flight photography belongs to the young and the quick, those with fast reflexes. I miss a ton of opps due to operator error--I just cannot keep the sensor on the bird the way that I used to :)

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the soft light, wing position, eye contact and BG and would only desaturate the foot a few points.

[Stu Bowie]

James, I like the angle of flight, and this guy is fairly colourful, especially around the head. Congrats on a great capture.

[LouBuonomo]

I like the little drop..... the duck is super too :)

[Danny J Brown]

Jim - What a pig this one is - check out that neck! The detail on the far wing really came through perfectly and I like the horizontal motion blur in the bokeh. Great shot overall as well.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Excellent work Jim, now that it's mentioned, the neck is huge man! The droplets of water really add to this. :)

[Bill Dix]

Another beauty, Jim! Caught him right at eye level and just as he was pulling up alongside you. Wonderful color and detail. I might have taken a tad off the right and added a tad to the left, but otherwise spectacular.

[Lise De Serres]

So well captured, a very tack sharp flight shot!
The eye is stunning!
I would personally added a bit more room in front of the Northern shoveler.

[denise ippolito]

Jim, Another beauty! Really nice details throughout and I love the eye contact.:)

[Malcolm Benn]

Beautiful bird and a fantastic image .. a real sense of motion and great detail.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice flight position, James. I like the way the colors show so well in the neck area.

[Michael Zajac]

Great flight shot as usual. I like the details and sharpness. Exposure looks great.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Another stunner! Love it all, but especially the eye contact, the bird is so focused on your lens! Thanks for sharing.

[Ted Willcox]

Another great flight image by James. Nice feather detail, neat bg.
Ted