Mrs. Mallard

[Gary Esman]

7D, f/8, iso 320, 1/1250, 500mm.

Hello, shot this evening at a local sanctuary. Hopefully some of the last snow background shots of the season. Thanks for looking and do appreciate the comments!

Gary.

[Mark Young]

Nicely exposed. I like the slight blurring of the wingtips.

[Randy Stout]

Gary:

Lovely soft afternoon light, full forward extension, tucked feet, slight bank towards us to show the ventral surface of the back wing.

I have the sense that she is just a bit past you, but very close.

Interesting capitalization scheme in your Sig.

Cheers

Randy

[Keith Carver]

Love the soft light exposure and wings-down capture, Gary. Excellent detail on wings, mantle, and I also like the slight blur of the primaries. Neutral BG gives this one a wintertime feel.

[arash_hazeghi]

You got an excellent wing position with great dynamic pose

[Arthur Morris]

Smoking pose and wing position. Love the head position and angle. EXP perfect. With the far primaries razor sharp it would seem that the unsharp near primaries are a result of not enough d-o-f field rather than subject movement. I am tempted to say that I would have preferred the near wing fully sharp but realize that that would not have been practical.....

[James Salywoda]

Outstanding! Beautiful wing position and detail.

[Gary Esman]

Thanks all for the comments! Had a great time last night with a high yield of keepers.

[Gary Esman]

Gary:

Lovely soft afternoon light, full forward extension, tucked feet, slight bank towards us to show the ventral surface of the back wing.

I have the sense that she is just a bit past you, but very close.

Interesting capitalization scheme in your Sig.

Cheers

Randy

Hi Randy, for my education how are you seeing that she is a bit past me?

Thanks, Gary.

[Harshad Barve]

excellent image , liked it lot
TFS

[Arthur Morris]

excellent image , liked it lot. TFS

Harshad, You know better. Please stop the "great shot" comments and let us know why you like an image. Thanks.

[Randy Stout]

Hi Randy, for my education how are you seeing that she is a bit past me?

Thanks, Gary.

Lots of variables, but the thing that makes me think that she is just past is that the near wing primaries extend slightly further to the right than the rear. There can lots of other factors such as how much she banking towards you, are wings equally extended, etc. but that is what it looks like to me.

Very nice image and no one else commented on it, so probably just me!

Cheers

Randy

[Harshad Barve]

Harshad, You know better. Please stop the "great shot" comments and let us know why you like an image. Thanks.

No intension of making only GREAT SHOT comments Guruji here , I just thought everyone said why they liked it , same reasons for me

Nice techs , wing pose , exposure looks good and nice details

[Arthur Morris]

I have seen a few "great shots" from you lately :) We still want to know why you like it :) My job to remind everyone

[Harshad Barve]

I have seen a few "great shots" from you lately :)

Sent you e-mail on this ,

This is why I liked it

Nice techs , wing pose , exposure looks good and nice details

[Nico Steenberg]

Super sharp detail and exposure nailed. Like the comp

[Gary Esman]

Lots of variables, but the thing that makes me think that she is just past is that the near wing primaries extend slightly further to the right than the rear. There can lots of other factors such as how much she banking towards you, are wings equally extended, etc. but that is what it looks like to me.

Very nice image and no one else commented on it, so probably just me!

Cheers

Randy

Thanks Randy appreciate the time. It is very hard to tell if she is past me or not. Just curious, as we have talked before I do not want bird rump shots

Gary.

[Arthur Morris]

If anything the bird might be 1/2 inch past your position. It is not at all a rump shot :)