Blue Winged Teal

One of my favorite waterfowl, I came across a pair of Blue-winged Teal at the Ridgefield NWR yesterday. You don't often see these guys and I was lucky enough to catch him in setting sunlight. The white tail area was blown out and so gone over with PS burn tool. This is 75% FF

canon 40D 600mm f4.L F/9.0 1/1600 ISO-640

Comments and suggestions welcome

Very nice shot, Craig. Great refelction to boot! At this size, the work on the blown area isn't very noticeable. This might benefit from some sharpening; the feathers look a scoche soft.

Does the 40D have a histogram? That would alert you to the blow area right away giving you a chance to adjust exposure.

Thanks for your comments Rick. It's hard to tell from this size but the feather detail is quite good full size. I recently purchased the 40D and it does have a histogram which I will get familiar with and start using. I appreciate that suggestion very much.

Love the Reflection here Craig.....hey, I also saw one of your nice prints hanging in the SW Wa Hospital the other day....very cool......how did you get it in there?

Hi Darren, thanks for the comments on image, also for noticing one of my prints in the SW WA Hosp. That was purchased by a Vancouver shop handling a decorating contract for them. By the way, I've been admiring your postings.... especially the Gorge images!