Just a Mallard

[Roman Kurywczak]

Taken today with a great group of friends Ben Venezio, Susan Candelario, and Nick Palmieri......freezing our rears off at the end of the day at a local NJ pond......almost totally frozen over! I am always amazed how beautiful the most common species can be......given the right angle and time of day! If you can't be out photographing.....freezing with your friends.....what more can I ask for!:D

Canon 1D Mark lll with the 100-400mm lens at 350mm for 1/1600 sec. at f7.1 and ISO 640 HH. I did a version with a cleaned up BG.....left the lumps on the snow and ice for depth.

[Alan Lillich]

Perfect wing position and the snow on the beak is a huge plus. It is great to see almost full coverage of both the top and bottom of a wing. Too bad he wasn't kind enough to fly a smidge more clockwise to light the green better. Someone needs to start an avian modeling school.

[Tom Redd]

Beautiful shot, Roman. Thank you for the reminder that even the common can be gorgeous, especially when we take the time to look a bit closer. Ditto Alan's remarks on positioning for the green, but still, lovely as shot.

[Tom Rambaut]

I like that you left the snow on the beak. I guess some would be tempted to take that out. Nice in flight shot.

[Jonathan Ashton]

It's a peach Roman,I like the colours and the pose very much.

[Stu Bowie]

Hey Roman, we do underestimate mallards. We have a lot here, and they are actually quite colourful, as you have shown here. Good forward wing position, and I like the angle of flight. Well captured.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Great image Roman, I always enjoy these bird colours. I like the wing position,the wing patterns and colours. The wings look very sharp but the head looks slightly soft.

[Todd Frost]

Nice image Roman. Great wing position and eye contact. Good exposure and sharpness. Well done.
TFS
Todd

[Ken Watkins]

Tremendous image, Nuff said

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Roman, loved it. Mallards are common but shooting them in flight is far from easy. Quite strong in flight, they are. Liking the wrap-around wing position here.

[Jerry Fornarotto]

Great image of a common duck. I love the colors and the pale background. The snow on the duck's bill is a bonus.

[denise ippolito]

Roman, You captured a great pose that shows off the many colors. Nice wing details and I like the snow on the bill. Sounds like a cold but fun day!!

[James Salywoda]

I love the pose Roman very nice indeed... The nit was mentioned about the head.

[Michael Lotito]

Love it Roman! If we didn't see them every day we might appreciate their beauty more!