Ruddy Shelduck

[Mital Patel]

Ruddy Shelduck
Taken Thol Bird Sanctuary, Gujarat, INDIA
1DMk IV, 500 F/4, 1.4 tc
1/1000sec, f/7.1, ISO 640, @ 700mm

[Mital Patel]

it was taken in very cloudy day so freezing it perfectly was quite challange and it was a sudden moment so keep it for next time but this image i like is because of its wing position and the green on the wings look goood to me.

[Randy Stout]

Mital:

Lovely duck, great wing position.
I think the point of focus may have been on the wing, to my eye it looks sharper than the head.

I do think there is room to tinker with the exposure via curves adjustment in ACR to get a bit better tonal separation here. As is, the image looks a bit murky.

I like the comp.

Randy

[Craig Brelsford]

Randy's right, the ruddy shelduck is one lovely duck; we have them over here in China. I'd like to see whether you can put Randy's suggestions to work and improve this promising image.

[Rohan Kamath]

Gorgeous freeze Mital. The focus does seem to be on the wing which btw is perfectly exposed. Nice suggestions by Randy. Would love to see the re-post.


-Regards,
Rohan
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[Arthur Morris]

Sharpened head of JPEG. Lightened all especially the dark tones. :)

Love the downstroke.

[Mital Patel]

You're Saviour guru ji.

Sharpened head of JPEG. Lightened all especially the dark tones. :)

Love the downstroke.

[Arthur Morris]

You are most welcome. I selected the head with a QM and ran normal JPEG sharpening at .3/250/0.