Female Ruddy Duck ( Head on Pose)

[James Salywoda]

Ruddy Duck
San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary Irvine, California
I took this shot this evening. I liked the head on pose this cute little Ruddy gave me.

Nikon D300 AFS 600 F4 1.4 TC.

1/1000 F6.3 ISO 400
SB-800 FF -1. Comp.

Thanks For Looking
Jim

[Mike Milicia]

Very cool pose, indeed !
And very nicely captured as well ! Congrats !

Might consider taking just a bit off the right side to put the center of the head dead center in the frame.

[Arthur Morris]

Wow James! This is fantastic. Love the light and the flap and everything else, esp. the BKGR.

Keep em coming. Later and love, artie

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like this a lot! Great light, pose, details, angle and BG.

[Philip Pietri]

Great image. It's easy to get a blurred bill in these head-on shots but you had just the right amount of DOF to get it sharp without sacrificing the sweet bokeh. The exposure perfect and I love the pose. I will second the motion on a better 'center' of your subject. Excellent work.

[Brian Wong]

Hi James!

A very powerful image, and I echo all the comments above. It is ironic :) for me to even see this, but on my monitor, I see some noise in the background, and maybe a blue halo under the wings.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Great shot,I Iove the colors,angle,pose and BG!

[Travis Novitsky]

Superb....great image! So sharp and the lighting is wonderful. And the pose, of course....is fantastic!