5000th post. Gadwall drake wing flap

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Thanks everyone for all the help. This is a great group.

40D. 400 f5.6L at f/6.3. 1/1600s. iso 400. manual exposure for whites.

photographed on Saturday. A gull was attacking this duck. Whenever that happens, they take a short flight and then a quick wing flap after landing. So I was anticipating it. Fortunately, the subject and light angle aligned perfectly. The full-back wing position of the first flap is your best chance of getting sharp wing tips at this SS. lucky my frame-rate captured that moment. All comments welcome.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Congrats brother KD, great work.. Keep them coming.

[Doug Brown]

A stunning image to mark your milestone Kaustubh! Congrats!

[Sachin Saraf]

Congratulations! Signature image from you to mark the milestone Kaustubh...Excellent on all counts..

[Randy Stout]

Kaustubh:

Congrats on the milestone, and a great way to celebrate it with this excellent capture.

Lovely exposure, sharpness and ducks angle in the frame.

Cheers

Randy

[Sid Garige]

Brilliant image KD. Awesome wing position and eye contact.

[gail bisson]

A big congrats and a big thank you for your work on the forum. I love the pose and the "mother of pearl" sheen on the underwing. The exposure is textbook perfect,
Gail

[Lorant Voros]

Congratulations for the 5000. A great image for celebrating it.

Lorant

[Morkel Erasmus]

Perfect pose so well exposed, nice work KD! And congrats on the 5K

[Bill Dix]

Beautiful image, with perfect wing position and exposure (plus, of course, your signature low angle). Congrats on another milestone, and thanks for all your help.

[Melissa Groo]

Beautiful image, and congrats on this post. Your work is a constant inspiration, and thank you for all you do for BPN!

[Carmelo Cannova]

A beautiful shot to mark a milestone. Pretty duck. One of my favorite.

Carmelo

[Marina Scarr]

Killer image to mark your milestone!!! Love that wing flap, light and angle.

[Chris Martinez]

Cool!! All the planets sure were aligned for this stunner.

Simply gorgeous!

[Daniel Cadieux]

Congrats on 5k KD!! Your work on BPN has been, and continues to be, invaluable. Keep it up!

Oh, and a fantastic image. Lots of details and perfect full backstroke wingflap pose. Great curves on the subject.

[yogesh_puranik]

wow..KD congrats for 5Kth image..superb image nice angle light and the moment..just fantastic..

[Josh Clark]

Such a sweet image. Love everything about it and congrats on the milestone. Killer image to celebrate that.

[Mital Patel]

Excellent Shot.....

hard beat your collection of ducks ... And the best frame to celebrate the 5k's mark

[Stu Bowie]

Hi KD, congrats on your milestone. Super low angle, well timed, and I like the fine detail.

[arash_hazeghi]

a great shot to celebrate Kaustubh, well done

[Satish Ranadive]

Congrats on the milestone, wonderful image with great details and nice pose.

[denise ippolito]

Beautiful pose and exposure Kaustubh. Congratulations on the milestone.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Thanks a lot everybody. I appreciate all the encouragement and guidance.

[vikram potdar]

Congrats Kaustubh, Deadly image to celebrate this milestone

[Robert Holguin]

Wonderful shot. Excellent timing, love the light, excellent low angle, and excellent detail.
Well done and congrats.