Northern Pintail "Wings at full downward stretch"

[James Salywoda]

Northern Pintail
Southern California

Nikon D300S AFS 600 F4
1/2500 F6.3 ISO 500

Thanks For Looking

Jim

[dankearl]

Just a great shot, the wing position is about as good as it can be.
The bird looks a bit noisy, but the focus and pose make up for it.
Excellent.

[Mital Patel]

James you have made an amazing frame here.
never seen them flying such low at my place.

seem to be too tight but as i loved the quality of an image i would ignore all other points come across if any :)

[gail bisson]

Another beauty. The wing position is so nice. I like the comp but wish for about 3% more room behind bird. I don't see any noise on the bird myself. This one is tack sharp.
Gail

[Ofer Levy]

Fantastic pose, lovely light and sharp. However, IQ is not great - not much fine detail and quite a lot of noise.

[Karl Egressy]

Wow, James this is one of the most amazing flight shot of this species I have seen so far.
The wing position and the low flying pose is spectacular.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

James, you are firing on all cylinders now. what a perfect wing position. shoting and light angle are excellent. I find the IQ quite good....some noise is there but you needed that SS.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Stunning pose, great low angle. I feel a need for just a little room on the right side.

[Sachin Saraf]

Fantastic capture James...Really nice to see wings almost touching the water..

[Carmelo Cannova]

Great flight shot. Good details , love the low flying over the water.

Carmelo