Hawaiian Duck

[Roy Priest]

This is the Endangered Hawaiian Duck taken at Kelea Ponds. I waited 'til it walked between the vegetation. Taken from the boardwalk.
D300s
500F4 with 1.4 TE
ISO 200
F 5.6
1/200
Full frame

[arash_hazeghi]

nice low angle and look back, looks like there was something in the FG blocking the belly.
the major issue is that focus is on the butt instead of the head ;)

TFS

[Alfred Forns]

Good looking duck Roy Agree with Arash on his points and could add I would lighten the head just a bit !!

I like the pose and fell, excellent capture btw this one works well with the post below ... compare the head angle here and the same facing the other direction .. which would you rather have?

[Dave Mills]

Hi Roy, good suggestions made by Arash and Al. Would of preferred not seeing the diagonal line running through the image...

[Roy Priest]

nice low angle and look back, looks like there was something in the FG blocking the belly.
the major issue is that focus is on the butt instead of the head ;)

TFS

Arash, agree on the focus. I actually uploaded the wrong image.:confused:

[Roy Priest]

Good looking duck Roy Agree with Arash on his points and could add I would lighten the head just a bit !!

I like the pose and fell, excellent capture btw this one works well with the post below ... compare the head angle here and the same facing the other direction .. which would you rather have?

Thanks Alf, the other one had a better head angle.

[Roy Priest]

Hi Roy, good suggestions made by Arash and Al. Would of preferred not seeing the diagonal line running through the image...

Dave, I have a pic of a pair of ducks with their heads following the same angle of the water, would this minimize the diagonal angle?