Critique Style Requested: In-depth
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Self Critique
I like the wing pose and this image captures all the beauty the wood duck has in breeding plumage. The background is nice too. I know it is a bit centered but I have many others showing a slightly smaller wood duck in flight with more background but wanted to go in tight on a few like this one.
The recent take off is shown by the few floating water drops.
Creative direction
I spent the late Winter and early Spring photographing wood ducks at several locations. Tried to get all the poses: on a branch, on a log, floating alone and floating with a female but my favorites have to be the inflight shots.
I wanted to show all the beauty of the wood duck in Spring and I think this shows about 100% of the color. You only see these colors on inflight images.
Specific Feedback
Water drops an issue ? I like the almost centered look with the details of light in front and behind the flying wood duck on the water.
All input appreciated.
Technical Details
Nikon Z8, Nikon 180-600 at 600mm, F6.3, 1/4000. Process in LR with Pureraw3 for noise reduction only.
Description
After much searching and talking to fellow photographers I found a nice spot to have the possibility of in flight shots. Also the approximate times of take off. Persistence paid off as I got numerous nice in flight images of both males and females. Took several trips to get the quality I wanted but the time in the field paid off.
