Blue-winged Teal Drake Inflights (3)

These images were taken last month at the same pond as my Pied-Billed Grebe shots. A big thank you goes to my friend Jim Cumming kindly offered me his Canon 400mm F5.6 L series lens to try. What a great lens for in-flight shots!

I cloned out a bit of OOF vegetation in the first and last shots. All three images about 55% of full frame.

1. Incoming

Well done.

Outstanding Stephen. So crisp and perfectly exposed.

Beautiful shots Stephen....of a beautiful duck.

Beautiful.

Super shots Stephen, I really like these! You going to get one of those lenses?

Randall n LV wrote in post #10432830
Well done.

Thank you randall

Nighthound wrote in post #10432845
Outstanding Stephen. So crisp and perfectly exposed.

Thanks Steve. I forgot to mention that I did adjust the exposure some in post processing.

Shar824 wrote in post #10432859
Beautiful shots Stephen....of a beautiful duck.

Thanks Sharon. Yes I agree a beautiful duck indeed. I just love the baby blue on the wings.

Waldemar Sikorski wrote in post #10432920
Beautiful.

Thanks Val.

ajosteve wrote in post #10433338
Super shots Stephen, I really like these! You going to get one of those lenses?

Thanks Steve. I don't know if I'm going to buy one or not. If I do move to an L-series I'll need to carefully think it over. Hmmmm, 100-400mm, 400mm F5.6 prime or 500mm F4????

For now I'll just continue to dream.