Northern Pintail

[Mital Patel]

Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) female
Gujarat, INDIA


1D MARK IV, 500 F/4 + 1.4TC
1/2500, f/9, ISO 640 @ 700mm
Dec 11, 2011, 10-10 am

[Ofer Levy]

Lovely pose, eye contact, soft light and BG. Maybe a bit more sharpening on the head.

[Mital Patel]

Thanks Ofer.

yes it was a close moment and very unpredictable i lost little focus on the head. Already ran sharpening so i fear to do it more as it would start to show halos on texture.

[Bill Dix]

Beautiful soft quality to this one. Love the comp, wing position. I can see the point about the softness of the head, but given the muted atmosphere of the shot, I don't think it detracts.

[Sachin Saraf]

Beautiful Image Mital...you really captured this one in nice and soft light...composition looks wonderful and you managed to retain details under the wings...

was this handheld or on tripod?

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Mital, I like the angled flight pose against a killer BG. Well placed in the frame, and Im fine with the overall sharpness.

[Mital Patel]

Beautiful Image Mital...you really captured this one in nice and soft light...composition looks wonderful and you managed to retain details under the wings...

was this handheld or on tripod?

It was on tripod with manfrotto square bracket for long lens

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

MItal, excellent shot...not an easy one to pull off. Loved the angle of the bird, underwing details and the clean BG. Well done. Did you get one with a more dramatic wing position?

[Jim Crosswell]

Nice image Mital! I like the pose, eye contact and BG

[arash_hazeghi]

lovely pose and a nice BG, bummer about soft head