Shoveler Stretch

Gallery: AvianPosted March 8, 201485 views7 comments

I caught this Northern Shoveler Drake stretching his wings. I think the wing extension and sun angle made for some nice colors. Processed using Photoshop CS3, NeatImage and LightZone.

Comments and Critiques welcome.

Canon 7D
Canon 200-400 f4 L IS
f7.1
1/5000s
ISO 640
Focal Length 400mm

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by William Bickle on March 8, 2014 at 9:22 AM

Hello Jerry

Great position with wings very busy.

Bill

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Comment posted by Rick Cloran on March 8, 2014 at 10:04 AM

Raised position and wing flex are very nice as are the colors in the feathers. I'd love to get the BG a little lighter so that his head stands out a bit better.

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on March 8, 2014 at 12:46 PM

Nice wing position and great colors Jerry, the LP shows the great detail you captured here.

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on March 8, 2014 at 2:06 PM

Cool wing position and action. Nice fast shutter speed stopped the action. I think the whole image needs to be brightened up a bit.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on March 8, 2014 at 4:33 PM

Ditto what Keith said.

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on March 8, 2014 at 5:12 PM

Richard/Keith,

I think you guys were right. I brightened it up a bit.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on March 8, 2014 at 7:23 PM

I prefer your original pose here Jerry, maybe something in between the 2 would be perfect. Neat pose and wing position.

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