Northern Shoveler wing flap

[Gary Esman]

Nothing special here except last year it was hard just to get a shot of them with their head out of the water.

Thanks for looking at comments appreciated.

7d, iso 640, 1/640. 500 + 1.4 TC,

Gary.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

You captured the peak of the movement here Gary. Well done for that. The head looks a little softer than the body so try sharpen that selectively a touch more. Good one mate. :)

[Mark Young]

I love the pose here. Nice wingstretch and low angle.

[Randy Stout]

Gary:

Really nice full back flap (fbf :p)

I think the image is a bit bright, with some loss of highlight detail.

Used multiply blend mode on highlight layer. Just an option.

Cheers

Randy

[Randy Stout]

Gary:
One more tweak. I thought the feathers at the root of the wing on my repost were still too bright and lacking some detail, so went back to above version, and did a selection and 15% linear burn on that area. Learned that one from Artie.

Cheers

Randy

[Gary Esman]

Gary:
One more tweak. I thought the feathers at the root of the wing on my repost were still too bright and lacking some detail, so went back to above version, and did a selection and 15% linear burn on that area. Learned that one from Artie.

Cheers

Randy

Looks fantastic thanks!