Another Widgeon

Gallery: AvianPosted November 16, 200995 views13 comments

I found the stretched out posture of this bird intriguing. I have been concentrating on getting them at full speed so much that this shot was actually easy! I think that must be a good thing.

Olympus e3
Olympus ZD 300 f2.8 w/2x
ISO 400
f5.7
1/1250th
0 ev comp
HH
70% of FF

Neat Image on bg. Normal processing in PS. Comments and critiques welcome. Thanks.

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on November 16, 2009 at 11:40 PM

Favorite one so far - I really like the full extension on the head/neck.

Registered on February 4, 2009, 1093 Posts, 7035 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Gulash on November 16, 2009 at 11:49 PM

Oh, oh, "easy" you said; you know you have just gone and jinxed yourself.

I do like the image for the lovely water color, the sharpness and the interesting landing pose. Well done!

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on November 17, 2009 at 12:42 AM

Another bewdy Michael - like the sharpness around the head and feet in the larger version.

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on November 17, 2009 at 2:21 AM

Mike, a great action shot here!
BIF are tough, and HH'ing is tougher.
Very well done!

Sandy r

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Kenneth Arni on November 17, 2009 at 5:15 AM

Beautiful tack sharp, like the BG color.

Registered on December 24, 2008, 112 Posts, 629 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on November 17, 2009 at 6:48 AM

Good job on this one Mike. I like the bird's position. The sharpness looks very good. Now that you find shooting American wigeon in flight easy (by the way wigeon is spelled without the "d") it is time to move on to a fast subject like teal. Try some blue-wings or even better some green-wings. Cheers.

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on November 17, 2009 at 7:40 AM

Mike,

I love the pose, the water and your choice of comp. The sharpness & detail look very good as well.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on November 17, 2009 at 10:01 AM

Very nice, Mike. These just keep getting better. I like the light and the landing pose here.

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Comment posted by May Haga on November 17, 2009 at 12:54 PM

This is just a great shot Mike. Love the attitude.
May

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Comment posted by richard ettlinger on November 17, 2009 at 4:13 PM

Nice job Mike!

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on November 17, 2009 at 10:27 PM

Michael, I like this one a lot. The pose is really nice--you can really see him putting on the brakes as he comes in to land. The sharpness, especially on the head is really good. I think I'd like to have just a bit more room to the left for him to land in, but that is a pretty minor nit.