Ruddy Shelduck

[Mital Patel]

Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
Gujarat, INDIA

1D MARK IV, 500 F/4 + 1.5tc
1/2500, f/7.1, ISO 640 @ 700mm
Nov 20, 2010, 08-21 am

C&C Welcome

[Mital Patel]

Does that brown patch on left wing of duck disturbs ?

[Geir Jensen]

Great picture. Beautiful BG. It is sharp where there should be sharp. Great light. The shadow of the wings under the bird, OK for me. Well done.

[Sachin Saraf]

Thats a beautiful capture Mital...Nice soft light, beautiful pose, composition and BG...the shadow of that brown patch in water can be toned down but this is impressive as presented.

[gail bisson]

Great image. I do find the brown patch annoying-and that was BEFORE I read your second post. I would tone it down or clone it out. Tack sharp and nice BG,
Gail

[Daniel Cadieux]

Yes, that brownish patch does spoil an otherwise perfect background. Easy to "fix" if you so wish. I wouldn't mind the subject a little higher in the frame. Super colours, and the techs look bang-on.

[Jim Crosswell]

A real beauty Mital! I would remove the brown patch as well. I like the setting, flight angle and exposure.

[Steven Kersting]

Nice!
I love the focus of the BG..enough detail to give "context" but not enough to be distracting.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Nice light on the face and neck. I like the light on the birds left wing as well.

[v.p.nurdeen]

Hi Mital,
Beautiful image great light and lovely composition.
cheers
V.P.N

[Sandesh R.Dhareshwar]

Mital i can tell you that this is a Brilliant freeze I love the pp more specifically for the overall softness you have maintained which gives an amazing feel to the image

[denise ippolito]

Mital, Sweet background and light. Love the eye contact. Well done.

[Doug Brown]

Excellent eye contact and sharpness. I'd vote to remove the area behind the left wing. Speaking of wings, more of a downstroke would have been nice, but still a very good frame Mital!

[Mital Patel]

Thanks a lot friends for your honest feedback.
Here is the v2 with the distraction gone. Just needed to know the difference of opinion otherwise it was just seconds tweak only.

[Sachin Saraf]

Wow Mital you did fantastic job with removal of that spot...Really love the repost and after seeing the new version I can see that it really was a distraction.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Mital, this is one heck of a shot. the shooting and subject angle are perfect. BG has a lot of character...light is great. stunning.