Wood Drake Profile

[Gary Esman]

Hello, thought I would share one from this past weekend. Vertical crop from horizontal.

7D, iso:250, f/7.1, 500mm, 1/800.

Thanks for looking and appreciate the comments.

Gary.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

This is gorgeous, Gary. One of the best wood duck portraits I've seen.
Terrific expo, comp and light. The colors are stellar.

[Doug Brown]

Really nice portrait Gary. Love the detail, color, and eye contact. Solid exposure of a challenging subject. I might try brightening the non-black darks a little; the black cheek patch is just about impossible to pull any detail out of.

[Gary Esman]

Really nice portrait Gary. Love the detail, color, and eye contact. Solid exposure of a challenging subject. I might try brightening the non-black darks a little; the black cheek patch is just about impossible to pull any detail out of.

Thanks Sidharth and Doug. Here is a slightly lightened version. Hope it is better.

Gary.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Beautiful bird huh? You captured a great portrait as well. I much prefer the repost as the small tweak made more of a pop.

[Randy Bronkema]

Wow, nice !!!!! I like the repost better as well, great detail color and exposure, Was this in Cleveland??

Randy

[Gary Esman]

Wow, nice !!!!! I like the repost better as well, great detail color and exposure, Was this in Cleveland??

Randy

Yes sir, Gary.

[Randy Stout]

Gary:

Really sweet, sharp, well exposed, handsome subject. The repost is better. I think it could even go another 1/4 stop or so brighter yet, but very nice as is.

I think its fun that we have had three different photos already from the same day, and they are all so different.

Keep them coming!

Cheers

Randy

[dankearl]

A nice looking portrait.
I would take out the tiny catchlight in the corner of the eye.

[Jim Crosswell]

Great portrait of this beautiful duck! I like the IQ and details.

[Marina Scarr]

Repost is a stunner! Perfect crop.

[Don Leslie]

Beautiful shot, the detail and colour are just amazing!!

[Jim Buescher]

We can really appreciate the colors, textures and patterns in this well-captured image.

[Robert Holguin]

WOW!!!! Excellent portrait, exposed very well, the detail is just amazing, and lovely warm light.
Well done.

[Dumay de Boulle]

great portrait...Superb detail and colors. IQ looks good and good head turn!

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent I sharpened the details a bit more

[Gary Esman]

Thank you all for kind words and comments.

Gary.

[Grace Scalzo]

This is one of those images that I just want to sit back and enjoy. Love it.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Beautiful shot. way to go on the tight crop and the perfect HA. you've handled a very difficult subject so well.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Gary, you have brought out the colours so well here, tack sharp, and your comp works well. Congrats on a fine image.

[Melissa Groo]

Pretty perfect in every respect, Gary. Excellent job. Really like your repost, plus Arash's extra sharpening.
Great to meet you the other day, hope your trip back went well.

[Josh Clark]

Excellent portriat shot Gary. It was a pleasure meeting you this past weekend. I like the up close intimate shot of the drake you captured. Nice job of bringing out the purple in the cheek as well. All around a great photo of this guy.

[Gary Esman]

Pretty perfect in every respect, Gary. Excellent job. Really like your repost, plus Arash's extra sharpening.
Great to meet you the other day, hope your trip back went well.

Thanks Melissa, It was great to meet you also. Always a pleasure to see who is behind those little avatars. I still want to borrow that camera of yours.

Gary.

[Gary Esman]

Excellent portriat shot Gary. It was a pleasure meeting you this past weekend. I like the up close intimate shot of the drake you captured. Nice job of bringing out the purple in the cheek as well. All around a great photo of this guy.

Thanks Josh, I enjoyed meeting you also. Let us know if you are ever in Michigan, we can hook up and burn some pixels.

Gary.