Long-tailed Duck female

[Bill Dix]

D90;80-400 VR @ 370mm. ISO 400. f/7.1 @ 1/2000s. Matrix metering @ -1.3 EV. HH.

Barnegat Lighthouse last Friday afternoon. Cropped about 20% from right; repaired clipped tail feathers and added a bit of canvas to the left. C&C appreciated.

[Grace Scalzo]

She's beautiful, Bill, love the eye and the water droplets. Your repair work looks good to me, thanks for the disclosure. Somehow I missed you, perhaps you left before 3:30? We just got there around then and walked out to get ideas for Saturday.

[Bill Dix]

Thanks Grace. I left right about 3:30 when the sun went behind a large dark cloud (it came out again just before sunset as I was driving out, as you probably saw). I did see a group of 3 or 4 photogs coming onto the rocks from the paved walkway as I was walking out on the sand - sorry I missed you.

[Stu Bowie]

Super pose Bill, and I like the light and sharpness in this. The droplets add to the image too.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Head angle, light and sharpness look very good. A lower angle would have made it even stronger.

[denise ippolito]

Bill, Beautiful sharpness and feather detail. Nice exposure and eye contact. Well done.

[LouBuonomo]

She is sweet.. We probably crossed as we said we were not going to walk the because of the light, but did anyway.

Lou

[Michael Zajac]

Love the sharpness and the head angle. Nice work adding the canvas. Feather detail on the back is great.

[Bill Dix]

Thank you all for the thoughtful comments.

Head angle, light and sharpness look very good. A lower angle would have made it even stronger.

Axel, I agree about the angle. As you know, that's tough to do from the rocks on the jetty, although as I recall you managed a low one from there recently.