American Widgeon

[gail bisson]

Canon 1D MK IV
F 4 500mm
aperture priority 5.6
EV+ 1/3
SS 1/2000
ISO 400
Taken at 8:30AM
Cropped by 25%
Comments and critiques always learned from and appreciated with thanks,
Gail
I am still struggling with my new camera. With the 7D I tended to shoot WAY to the right to decrease shadows and noise but I have to back off from this process with the MK IV.

[Richard Unsworth]

Nice light/exposure, like the light pattern on the chest. Maybe a bit to much reflection at the bottom, slightly tighter crop perhaps?
looks like your getting used to the mkiv pretty quick

[Vikram Agrawal]

Beautiful light and great action. Looks like you are really putting your new equipment through its paces :)

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Gail, nice moment, wings, splash and composition. not too crazy about the side light though. Better to use manual exposure mode for such shots. ...then you dont need to worry about camera's metering patterns :-)

[Carmelo Cannova]

Great landing pose. Love the splash and the low POV. The light seems a little harsh on my monitor.

Carmelo

[v.p.nurdeen]

Hi Gail,
lovely landing image with water splash.
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[arash_hazeghi]

great landing shot Gail, love the pose and details. It is great that you are seeing the advantages of the 1D and using it to make better images :) it shows the big difference the 1D makes vs. 7D, of course in the hands of a competent photographers ;)

The side light was not best but the shadow details is quite good... there are some minor hot areas

[Doug West]

I agree with Richard on the tighter crop. Because the reflection isn't well defined it really serves as
no purpose. I think if you crop out what seems like the wings reflections, the image will be even
stronger.

Doug