Male Pintail

[Don Lacy]

Found this Pintail At MINWR with slightly overcast sky adding some grey to the water.
30D, 500 f/4 IS + 1.4 tc, 1/1000 @ f/7.1, aperture priority, evaluative metered + 2/3, iso 400, raw, cropped to about 75 % some cloning on the water

[John Cooper]

A very pleasent composition Don with a nice display of the erect pintail. The overcast weather conditions has worked in your favour here producing good diffuse lighting. Exposure, detail and comp all spot on. Well done!!!

[Mike Milicia]

Love that tail !
Great job on the exposure and nice sharp detail !
I'd love to get one this nice !

Only things I can think of that might improve on this would be a lower shooting angle
and a body angle that would have allowed the tail to be sharp as well.

[Jim Poor]

Super! I like the pose and details for sure. I wonder if the whole reflection would add to the image.


If you are so inclined, I might get rid of the little bits of stuff in the water. They area really small and don't really detract from the image, but I heard somewhere that it is all about the little things. :D

[Fabs Forns]

That is one happy looking duck :)

Very nice pose, I would run some noise reduction on the background.

[Blake Shadle]

Nicely done, Don. I really like the pose and color on your subject. Great detail and I like the placement of your subject in the frame.

[Jim Neiger]

Nice! I lik ethe composition, low angle, position of the bird, and exposure. The light wasn't perfect, but it wasn't bad either. Well done.