Green-winged Teal "Full Breeding Plumage"

[James Salywoda]

Green-winged Teal
Southern California


I think I posted a shot earlier in the season of this same species but it wasn't in full breeding plumage as this one is looking its best.

Nikon D300s AFS 600 F4 1.4 TC
1/2500 F7.1 ISO 800

Thanks For Looking
Jim

[Doug Brown]

Rockin' shot Jim! Everything's perfect, including the water droplets!

[Randy Stout]

Jim:

Like the full down, slight angle towards, vivid colors, nice eye,sharpness,drops.

Another fine capture.

Randy

[denise ippolito]

James, I have never seen colors off the chart like that! Wow! Sharp and well exposed w/ a complimentary BG.

[stuart wanuck]

Lovely color image

[Andrew McLachlan]

James, this is flawless. Super job!

[George Cottay]

Beautiful picture.

Are the colors that distinct on the teal or did you pop them for emphasis?

[James Salywoda]

Are the colors that distinct on the teal or did you pop them for emphasis?

Thanks All !!! Nothing was done to the image remember these are iridescent feathers so it is a matter how the feathers are hitting the light and in this case it was almost perfect.

[Gary Esman]

Simply superb James!

[Mark Young]

Fantastic image! As about a perfect flight shot of a duck as you can get!

[Bill Dix]

Nailed it, Jim!!! Perfect in every regard. I just came in from watching a few of these fine looking ducks swimming just out of range on my local lake -- couldn't even get a good swimming shot, much less in flight. This one sets the standard.

[Grace Scalzo]

About as sweet as it gets! Love everything about it, Jim.

[Danny J Brown]

Beautiful capture of one of our most beautiful waterfowl, the green-winged teal. You are helping people to see the sometimes subtle differences of fall and spring plumage. Wonderful shot, my friend.

DB

[arash_hazeghi]

Perfect Jim, this one is over the top!!!

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

Wow, love everything about this, the sharpness, the color, the details, the flight pose and the small water droplets coming off the bird. Excellent image, TFS.

[Harshad Barve]

This is terrific
TFS

[ChasMcRae]

I can only envy this shot !
Great lighting ,action,color,etc,etc

[Enrique Patino]

Awesome image!
I've been trying to photograph this species here in Seattle, but I am not happy with any photo yet. Next day we have a sunny day here, I will perch myself at the ponds close to work and wait for one to fly by in the right direction. You have given me inspiration James.Thanks for sharing!

[Todd Frost]

Another stunner James. Colors are sweet as well as the pose. Very well done.
TFS
Todd

[Sid Garige]

Perfection James. BIF perfection.

[Joerg Rockenberger]

Stunningly perfect and beautiful. Big Congrats! JR

[Tom Rambaut]

great bird, great image.

When is the BIF how to book coming out?

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Everything's been already said. Stunning work Jim!

[Stephen Earle]

No nits here. I like the colours and the great incoming head position.

[Tim Munsey]

Dam you missed it! Hey no chance well caught!

[Karen Summers]

lovely capture the colours are beautiful

[Stu Bowie]

James, you post so many incredible BIF images, but I rate this one of your best. Perfect flying posture, and inturn, shows of the colours very well. Very well captured.

[Greg Basco]

James, really beautiful rendition of the plumage on this duck. What a great looking bird, and you captured it just perfectly.

I normally would prefer a little something going on in the background (clouds, reflections, whatever) to heighten interest but the details and colors you have here are so nice that I think placing the interest squarely on the bird really works for this image.

Cheers,
Greg Basco

[Peter Farrell]

Another stunner, Jim. I can't add anything to the previous comments. You set a very high standard with your bif images.
TFS, Peter

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

James, this is one of the best green winged teal in flight shots I have seen. these dudes are so tough to nail. the sharpness, colors, angle, Bg, wing position....everything is spot on.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

James what a shot, love the detail in the shot. The birds colours are superb TFS

[Pieter de Waal]

James a perfect image, one of your best. I just love the fantastic fine detail captured in the plumage,

[James Salywoda]

Thanks for the kind words and comments.

[Dave McGowen]

Wow! Great shot of a VERY fast duck.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Great colors indeed.. beautifully done James Bhai...