Wigeon thrashing

[Kerry Perkins]

I love to watch these little guys, whistling and thrashing around in the water... Captured in late afternoon light today. Cropped for composition in LR2, then saturation and sharpness in CS4. Lots of motion here!

50D, EF400mm f/5.6L
Manual mode, f/5.6@1/2000 ISO 400 WB 5100K
AI Servo autofocus, hand-held no flash

Comments appreciated!

[Harshad Barve]

Excellent pose with nice details and compo , loveing those water drops flying all over
TFS

[Lance Peters]

Hi Kerry - love the pose - wings are far enough forward to give a unobstructed view of the head. Exposure looks good and love all of the water drops.
Id be tempted to crop just a tad more from the top.
Good show :)

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Kerry,
I like this as presented. The composition, image and captured action are spot on...I like the water droplets suspended in mid air. The color rendition and details are superb...congrats...looking forward to more...:cool:

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Kerry Impressed with the exposure, difficult to hold the whites on those little guys. My favorite wing position !! Like the crop as presented, virtual feet are out but just looks good as presented !!! Excellent !!!

[Jackie Schuknecht]

This little guy is moving around for 1/2000sec Kerry. I might add a bit more sharpening in the head/beak area.

[Joe Brown]

Captured a great action pose. The sharp details mixed with some blurred feathers works well in this composition. I like the colours, the blue in the water is nice. Very good work.

Joe