Wood Duck in flight

[Steve S]

[Dave Humphries]

Quite a good shot Steve, but I'd prefer to see it larger in the frame.

I know that can be a problem though, most of my bird shots are too small

[carregwen]

You caught the duck very well, and nice colours. But as Dave said, it doesn't fill much of the frame. At 420mm you must have been some distance from it I guess?

[Steve S]

If you viewed it in a larger size , you wouldn't be saying that. I like the diagonal movement and background of this shot.

[Dave Humphries]

Hi Steve,

If you viewed it in a larger size , you wouldn't be saying that. I like the diagonal movement and background of this shot.

Possibly, but we're not

I like the diagonal blur too.

Here's what I had in mind;


Obviously it's going to be technically inferior due to the crop, expand, re-sharpen from a jpg, but it gives the idea. In the original, I just found the dark trunks on the right a little too 'attention grabbing', and the bird, which I'd like to see the detail of, too small.

Cheers,

[Jim B.]

Hi Steve,
Nice shot.Love the colours!

Jim