This shot does give us a nice look at the back. I wish he was looking back at the viewer. I am impressed that you were able to freeze the wings with minimal blur at 1/320!
Gail
Excellent dorsal display, shows the speculum very well, just the right amount of motion blur. Water spray a plus.
I do agree with Gail that these shots work best with some of the face showing. I love the dorsal shots on my loons, but find they work most effectively with some eye contact.
Nice colors in the BG too.
Cheers
Randy
Last edited by Randy Stout; 09-28-2011 at 08:49 AM.
I might be on other side. (Yes if little head portion visible it might look more perfect) But this one also a good to go for me. Perfect geomatrical balance having perfect angle.
You freeze it superbly and that spray is addon. framing is also i like.
Just wish the bg tone changing half green half brown might be in symmetry to have one tone.
I like it. I prefer a perfect backview like this than an angled away pose (although yes, I prefer head-on). Even better would have been for the duck's head swung ever so slightly to its right for both cheeks showing the same amount...but that is asking for alot! I love the water drops flying off each wingtip.
I like this because it is different and gives us a view that we don't see as often. The blue is so vivid and looks great against the greens/browns in the background.
DKL. Dan (Cadieux) is too smart and Mital is not far behind. I wish that the duck were looking exactly away because I love the rear view with the speculums looking so beautiful and the nice blur of the wing tip. I only wish that the BKGR on the upper right matched the BKGR of the upper left. All in all a very sweet image. Heck, I might flip that left cheek....
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Great lat spread!! (that's a bodybuilding pose) Love to see that nice spread with great colors. I like the splash ywater and the fact that the head is sharp with some nice motion on the wings.