morning Male Wood Duck

[john crookes]

Another Wood Duck this one from early this morning same location as others but the numbers are swelling there were 15 woodies here today mostly males with a lot of territorial batlles

Hope they stay through tomorrow for another chance

Nikon D3
600mm w/1.4 ext

1/1500th
f9.5
ISO 560
Fill Flash set to TTL FP

[Gus Cobos]

Very nice shot John, Love the colors and details on the duck, would like to see the background a wee bit lighter and more space in the front of the duck to show the path he is swiming to. also just a tad of canvas to the left of the frame also...

Congrats...:D

Gus...:cool:

[Gus Cobos]

He John,
See if you like this version of your Wood Duck...:D I increased saturation just a tad, kicked the contrast just a little, lightened the back ground, and did just a slight amount of sharpening...:)

Gus...:cool:

[john crookes]

Gus good try but now it is over sat and over sharpened

the way I show it was about the way it was early in the morning with the warm soft light

Thanks for the effort

[Ed Erkes]

Love It! No nits from me. Really like the water drop! This is my favorite of the ones you've shown.

[Dieter Schaefer]

I'd probably kick curves just a little bit up - other than that, nicely done.

[Ed Cordes]

I like the water drop and the color of the face and catchlight. I like the BG in the repost.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Very sharp image, a little dark in the back, but still a great one. Very nice detail with the droplet.

[John Cooper]

Lovely image John of a lovely duck!! Just a tad dark on my monitor and like the BG in the repost.
No doubt you have aimed to hold detail in the whites. In cases like this I select the whites (magic wand), inverse selection and adjust levels or curves to brighten rest of image without touching the whites.