Male mallard in flight

[David_Schoen]

Critique Style Requested: Standard

The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image.

Description

we fortunately had another clear and warm day which allowed me to get out. There were e quite a few birds, including 2 Osprey, hundreds of cormorants, 3 or 4 great blue Herons, and of course the ducks. we also had a couple of Canada geese with 4 goslings , this was taken in late afternoon, hope it isn’t too saturated
this is about 50% or slightly less than full frame. Wish he was headed a little more in my direction

Specific Feedback

anything that will help me as a photographer improve my skills

Technical Details

auto Iso 200-600 at 600+1.4 extender, hand held, 2500th, F8, Sony a 1,
no AI used in processing this image

[Jim_Zablotny]

Although a dirt common bird, mallards have some spectacular colors best seen in bright light like in this image. You might try to tone down the bright whites slightly. Otherwise, you did very well with this speedy drake. Well done…Jim

[Allen_Sparks]

Hi David, nice catch! A fine flying pose. I agree with Jim on toning down some of the brighter areas. Nice flight image with good separation from the water.

[Peter_Morrissey (Peter J. Morrissey)]

Hi David
I think the saturation takes away some of the detail in the Mallard, nice framing.
Peter

[David_Schoen]

REPOST

thanks for comments everyone!
hope this repost works better