# Green-winged Teal and cropped re-post

**URL:** <https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/green-winged-teal-and-cropped-re-post/48947>\
**Category:** Image Critiques\
**Tags:** birds\
**Created:** [December 3, 2025, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/green-winged-teal-and-cropped-re-post/48947 "2025-12-03T17:25:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Allen\_Brooks](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/allen_brooks/32/390_2.png) [@Allen\_Brooks](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Allen_Brooks)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2025, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/green-winged-teal-and-cropped-re-post/48947/1 "2025-12-03T17:25:37Z")

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![Green-winged Teal-NPN2](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/d/9/d9ea8eb763fef96c9072d255e6397586a74200c5.jpeg)

 ![Green-winged Teal-NPN2.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/3/d/3dd4977f33a3e0f24bc87fc726e900bc78c39b4b.jpeg)

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### Description

The water is a bit messy, but I don’t usually see the “green wing” so prominently. And the color of the water seems to go along with the subject.

### Specific Feedback

Any thoughts appreciated.

### Technical Details

Canon R5; 100-500 at 500 mm; 1/000 at f7.1; ISO 3200

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**Author:** ![Dennis\_Plank](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dennis_plank/32/27033_2.png) [@Dennis\_Plank](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dennis_Plank)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/green-winged-teal-and-cropped-re-post/48947/2 "2025-12-03T20:50:47Z")

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Beautiful job on the Teal, Allen. For my taste, the background isn’t attractive enough to need that much of it, so I think I’d crop a moderate amount off the top and bottom to emphasize the bird more and de-emphasize the background.

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**Author:** ![Allen\_Brooks](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/allen_brooks/32/390_2.png) [@Allen\_Brooks](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Allen_Brooks)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2025, 10:32pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/green-winged-teal-and-cropped-re-post/48947/3 "2025-12-03T22:32:35Z")

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Thanks, Dennis. Re-posted with your crop suggestion. Also, cleaned up the water a bit and added a slight vignette.

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**Author:** ![Dennis\_Plank](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dennis_plank/32/27033_2.png) [@Dennis\_Plank](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dennis_Plank)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2025, 10:38pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/green-winged-teal-and-cropped-re-post/48947/4 "2025-12-03T22:38:15Z")

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I like the repost, Allen.

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**Author:** ![David\_Schoen](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/david_schoen/32/368_2.png) [@David\_Schoen](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/David_Schoen)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2025, 12:11am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/green-winged-teal-and-cropped-re-post/48947/5 "2025-12-04T00:11:16Z")

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I also prefer the repost. The teal is in very flat light though. That would be my only criticism but nothing you could do about it when you were there. It is a rather messy location.

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**Author:** ![Jim\_Zablotny](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/jim_zablotny/32/3919_2.png) [@Jim\_Zablotny](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Jim_Zablotny)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2025, 12:15am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/green-winged-teal-and-cropped-re-post/48947/6 "2025-12-05T00:15:34Z")

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Excellent detail and you may want to reduce the sharpening as the image has a lot of sharpness already present. Repost is nice and that green is especially nice. You may want to darken any shadows present due to the flatness provided by the light. Still, it is impressive how you got this close to a very skittish duck. Well done…Jim