"A Touch of Green" American Wigeon"

[James Salywoda]

American Wigeon
Southern California

On Sunday the clouds opened up for just a few minutes allowing for bit of good
light that lite up this Wigeon perfectly.

Nikon D300s AFS 600 F4 1.4 TC
1/2000 F8 ISO 800

Thanks For Looking

Jim

[Danny J Brown]

I don't know which is more beautiful, the wigeon or the green-winged teal but for today I'm going with the wigeon. This fella looks like he's been working out at the gym for awhile with that thick neck and those back muscles. All of the blue, white, rust, green and other colors have all been captured with great skill here and the face pattern has more detail, especially in flight, that any discerning BPNr could ask for. The little driplets of water don't hurt anything either.:) Nice bokeh as well with its faint layer of contrasting color across the top of the subject. Oh my, what a shot?!!

DB

[Jeff Dyck]

So Jim - when are you going to offer a birds in flight workshop!? Yet another stellar shot...

[Charles Mills]

Absolutely remarkable image.

[James Salywoda]

Repost a touch more sharpening and a slight contrast boost.:)

[Mital Patel]

the repost sure looks really much improved. well freezed and razor sharp. what if we add a bit of space on left and top as well ? and cut from bottom a bit ?

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Spectacular work, Jim. The boost in the repost works very well. Masterfully done!

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Repost is definitely an improvement. Everything spot on here, James. Light need to be just right for that green to show....well done.

[Pieter de Waal]

Hi James,

Wow another spectacular image, the detail and colours are incredible. Danny has said it all and not much more to add.

[Harshad Barve]

amazing image and re post took this over the top
TFS