Gadwall drake

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

40D. 400 f5.6L at f/6.3. iso 320. 1/1250s. bean bag support.

Critiques welcome.

[Ian Cassell]

Hey Kaustubh, this is a beautiful image of a very pretty bird with a beautiful FG and BG to highlight it.

[Danny J Brown]

Hey KD,

A stylish, wide angle shot of a beautiful drake. Background is colorful and interesting as well....kind of like a flag. Nice.

DB

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Fantastic light, water, bg, and details, Kaustubh. Love your signature super low angle.
Visually it seems like it needs a tiny bit of CCW rotation, but I'm not sure.
Great work!

[D. Robert Franz]

Great light and a very nice low angle on the duck here.. Gadwall have a subtle beauty..

[Jim Crosswell]

Great image Kaustubh! I like the low angle, BG and details.

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent extreme low angle

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Fantastic shot of this beautiful drake Kaustubh, love the very low angle and a really great BKGD plus head angle.... awesome

[denise ippolito]

Kaustubh, You really have been showing some beautiful work. Nice low angles and wonderful water colors seem to always accompany your ducks. Nicely done.

[Robert Amoruso]

Nice low angle and soft colors really make this. I would have preferred to not have the blue line right at eye level.

[James Salywoda]

Awesome!!! Perfectly captured.

[Grace Scalzo]

Another fine image. You have inspired me this winter with this series. What a good job you did of bringing out the delicate and lovely details of this species.

[Greg Basco]

Kaustubh, really beautiful indeed. Just love the color scheme and the glassy water. The shallow DOF really works. If anything, I would love to see more of those beautiful surroundings. Don't get me wrong; this is great as presented but the non-duck stuff is so sweet that more of it would be good for me too. Don't know what the crop is like relative to the full-frame but it could be interesting.

Cheers,
Greg Basco

[Kris Mortensen]

Stunning shot, LOVE the low angle, super sharp. Love it!

[Bryan Hix]

Did you have a snorkel on when you took this? Love the low angle, lighting, sharpness, and crop.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Thx everyone.

Bryan, I have a good spot for water-level shots under a small pedestrian bridge that is dry right now :-) Most of my recent posts have been from the same spot.