Going No where Fast

[Don Hamilton Jr.]

Wish i could have captured this with a bit lower angle.
Canon 7d 500mm F4 @ 700mm
Iso 400 M 1/400 F 7.1

[Randy Stout]

Don:

Lovely bird, sharp, nice angle in frame.

Agree with self critique with shooting angle, lower would have helped with separating him from the BG.

Not seeing a lot of detail in the whites on the wing, possible recover some with a blend mode, either linear burn or multiply.

Cheers
Randy

[Alan Lillich]

Nice position of the bird, great wing color, the exposure looks good in terms of detail capture at both ends. I'm tempted to make 2 changes, brighten the exposure by 1/3 stop and crop some off the bottom and right. The reflection isn't all that strong and having the bird more or less horizontally centered doesn't feel right to me.

[Craig Brelsford]

What a beautiful duck. Species? Location?

I'd be interested to see whether any of the details in the whites are recoverable.

[Don Hamilton Jr.]

Hello, this was takesn a viera wetlands, i too would love too confirm the species??? I'm sure i can re post process as i really didin't do much with it, so i'm sure the details are there.. don

[Paul Guris]

Nice details on the plumage. That dark and white head looks tough to expose properly.

For those who asked, this bird is a male Blue-winged Teal.

[Julie Brown]

Hi Don. This is a beautiful duck. Love the color and feather detail. It would be interesting to know if you can recover detail in the whites. I am having the same problem with high contrast subjects.