Pintail

Gallery: AvianPosted March 7, 20161,168 views3 comments

Recently I compiled a folder of my favorite "duck portrait" shots. I realized I was missing a few species and have been trying to tick off a few missing birds. Northern pintails are relatively rare on Long Island (when compared to other migratory ducks) and are usually not approachable nor found in intimate settings that allow for close viewing. However, this bird has been a regular at a preserve in a very developed area. A friend of mine lives just a few houses away and was able to give me some direction on finding the bird in a narrow stream on the side of a popular jogging path. I'm always amused when I have a close encounter with a species that I've struggled to get near in the past.

Nikon D7100 80-400mm VR HH @ 370mm
f/8
1/200s
ISO 1000
-.3 EC

Full Frame, minor adjustments

- Luke

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on March 7, 2016 at 10:03 PM

Nice image of this Pintail Luke. Agree, not an easy species where I live either, Haven't seen one in my area in years. However, if you ever get to Bosque, they are all over the place. Thousands of them. Nice low angle on this and good techs.

Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on March 9, 2016 at 12:57 PM

A very nice portrait of this beauty with great control of the whites, Luke. It does seem a bit horizontally centered to me and there's a lot of the relatively uninteresting bank behind it. You might take some off the left and top.

devil

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by S Govindarajan on March 9, 2016 at 5:14 PM

Great low angle and a nice head turn of this handsome duck, Luke. I particularly like the surrounding color tones match that of the duc.

Registered on April 19, 2008, 115 Posts, 1921 Comments