drake mallard in flight

[christopher galeski]

took this the other day,best lighting we have had here,for a while,cannon 50d,400mm prime cannon lens,1/1600 sec,iso500,f5.6,hand held.comments welcome,good or bad.thanks.

[Doug Brown]

Great wing position and sharpness. Whites look a little hot in a couple of places. Too bad the white water overlaps the bird so much. I might crop a little off the bottom of the frame.

[Jim Coda]

I agree with Doug re the wing position, sharpness and cropping. Ideally, the BG would also be less busy.

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[Bill Dix]

Great position and sharpness, as noted. I'd be very tempted to try a version that clones out the white water.

[Pieter de Waal]

Beautiful sharp bird with great flight pose and colours. Agree with toning down bright areas in the BG.

[christopher galeski]

thanks everybody for your comments,I agree about the white water,I did one,with the white water cloned out,but was not happy with my cloning,so I posted as is.thanks again.