Long tailed duck

[Carmelo Cannova]

This shot is from a couple of weeks back.
D300 with AF-S 300mm 2.8VR with TC 1.4E.
F 5.6 , 1/1000 , iso 500

Carmelo

[gail bisson]

Hi Carmello,
This is excellent. Love the incoming flight angle and the view head and eye. Good BG. I would try to get some more detail in the blacks if you can and do another round of sharpening on the head. A SS of 1/1250 or 1600 would have nailed this guy. I find I need a higher SS for birds flying towards me than parallel to me

Gail

[Richard Stern]

Hi,

An outstanding image - looks sharp to me, including the head. Love the separation from the bg. Slight blurring of the wingtips suggests motion.

Richard

[laurie golden]

I love seeing this duck in flight especially coming at you. You did a great job.

[Maya Raut]

This is amazing capture...Bird is sharp, nice wing position and eye contact...I have seen these riding the rough tide but this is dream image...I liked your composition.

[Mital Patel]

very beautiful image and well freeze Carmelo.
Incoming and turning right pose well predicted. Sharpness and expo is good.

What i feel here you could have done is reduce NR on bg small round up to make it more creamy.
may be going on temperature down would enhance it a bit more % to be soothing to eye from the warm feel.

purely my assumption needless to say it hardly apply others thought process.

[Robert Holguin]

Wonderful shot Carmelo. Great flight pose, love the wing position, and I like the comp.
Well done.

[arash_hazeghi]

very nice dynamic flight shot well done, agree with just a tad more sharpening and extracting more details in the black areas oif possible

[Karl Egressy]

Excellent incoming flight shot, Carmelo.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Carmelo, excellent approaching flight angle, raised wings and eye contact. There is good 3D effect to this image, and if anything, I would move the duck slightly back to the left a touch, as in this, he's bordering on a central placement. I do like the varied BG. Well captured.