Green Winged Teal

[dankearl]

One of my favorite ducks and very hard to get close to.
A busy BG, i realize and I desaturated it a bit.
I don't know if I have seen one posted here, so I thought this was a decent photo
of one despite the BG.
Taken Yesterday.

1/1000
f6.3
iso250
600mm (300 w/ 2X)
Nikon D7000

DSC_6146nx3.jpg

[Robert Holguin]

Real nice shot. I really like the pose, great detail, and nice light. Looks like it could use a tad cc rotation and I agree on the background, but I dont think its to distracting.
Well done on getting close to such a skittish duck.

[arash_hazeghi]

nice low angle and great details, I'd reduce the sharpening a tad. BG is a bit busy.

[Karl Egressy]

The "busy" background just makes it more natural. I like the fine details and colours.

[Christopher Ciccone]

I like this shot and am comfortable with the "busy background" as your subject stands off well against it. I would agree with rotating it a degree or two, otherwise a really great photo.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

They sure arte pretty and you got a nice look at the head colors. Great detail too.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Dan, just love the colours on this teal, as well as the low angle. Im fine with the BG, as thats where these guys mainly swim, but trying to blur it a little more should work well too. The plumage on the side is tricky to get right, as it 'appears' over sharpened. What I may have done here is selectively sharpen the teal where it counts, and dab a touch of sharpening over the area mentioned above.