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    Default "The Morning Fly Out" Gadwall

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    The Gadwall duck is one of the larger ducks locally as they are very powerful once they take flight the elevate quickly.

    Nikon D300s AFS 600 F4 1.4 TC
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    no overlapping and beautiful pose... another beautiful flight shot...

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    Wow, its just flown into my office, so 3D I can almost hear it.
    Cracking shot!

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    James, this is as good as it gets. Bird angle and light angle are perfect. If mine, I'd crop to have a little less room behind and a little more in front...but these come down to personal preferences. As-is, this is quite stunning too.

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    Beautiful Jim! You are the duck master!
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    James agree with Doug , another great flight shot , excellent flight angle, composition and background. Love the feather detail.

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    Jim:

    Sharp, soft light, lovely bird, great separation from background.

    The only thing that could make it better for me is if the near wing was a bit more open.

    Cheers. I agree with Doug, you are the duck master!

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    Man this Gadwall looks as if he is gonna fly off the screen! Beautiful shot.

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    Another stunning duck in flight from you Jim.
    The sharpness, the pose, the exposure and the bg, all top notch. Superb work!

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    Love the sharpness, the detail on the neck and upper breast, and the far underwing. The position of the near wing is unfortunate.... You are of course quite a skilled flight photographer!
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    Sharpness, pose, lighting and background make it for me. Good stuff. Do you handhold? JR

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    Another gadwall....love these guys. Almost a herringbone patter on their neck. Picture perfect flight shot as always, and a ventral view this time.:) Background looks great...cloudy green and aperture choice left you a wonderful focus plane with tons of shutter speed. I bet that didn't happen by accident.....Artie is right about you.

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    Another killer with 600+1.4 James. Fantastic dtails.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joerg Rockenberger View Post
    Do you handhold? JR
    Thanks all for the very nice comments much appreciated... Joerg I shoot all my stuff from a tripod the AFS600F4 I is just to heavy of a lens for me to handhold.:)

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