Lesser Scaup hen against sweet BG. Probably, last of the season.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

40D. 400f5.6L wide open. iso 400. 1/1600s.

Most of the wintering ducks have left so this is probably last of this species from my end. All C&C welcome.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

beautiful soft light,angle,composition,color,bg!!!!!!!

[Shaun Boycott-Taylor]

Great detail in the Duck, super low point of view. I do find the bright green a bit distracting though, but thats just a personal thing.

Nice shot.

Shaun

[Grace Scalzo]

A nice way to end this memorable series.I have enjoyed it tremendously. Thank you.

[Sudhanshu Nafde]

Aha... this is Fabulous no words... great Bokeh... sweet light...

to my taste i'd have just liked the eye a tad more sharp...

Regards..
Sudhanshu...

[Dave McGowen]

Nice depth of field and soft background. I really like the low angle, great shot.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Fantastic light and BG...Lovely stuff Kaustubh

[Charles Scheffold]

Sweet background and light - IMHO the green frames the top of the image nicely.

I would probably sharpen the head a bit more if it were mine.

thanks
Charles

[Jim Crosswell]

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

[Humberto Ramos]

A fantastic image, love the BG. IMO I would rotate the image fey degrees CCW...

[Brendan Dozier]

Great one, Kaustubh! BG is awesome. Nice way to finish the winter season off! What are you going to focus on now?

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Great one, Kaustubh! BG is awesome. Nice way to finish the winter season off! What are you going to focus on now?

Thanks. A few duck species stay here in the summer so definitely I will try and photograph them...I dont have a good collection of Wood duck shots. Some egret and heron species come up here for nesting....I will definitely go after them. Lots of song birds nest here in NTexas but they are hard to target with 400mm :-) I love shorebirds so they are always on the list in all seasons.

[Troy Lim]

You are so great at this type of shot. Always enjoy looking at your posts. TFS>

[arash_hazeghi]

very nice Kaustubh

[Robert Holguin]

A real lovely pic. Love the light and background. Great pose and detail. Well done. I have admired your duck pics and your work inspires me with my duck shots. Keep up the amazing work you do.

[Tom Rambaut]

Very nice image - BG is killer and love the soft light.

[James Salywoda]

Another beautiful duck shot nice low angle and bg.

[Pieter de Waal]

Excellent exposure and detail Kaustubh. Like the alert pose and eye contact.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Thx a lot everyone.

[RakeshDhareshwar]

You are perfecting the art of low angle duck photography. Thoroughly enjoyed your series .