Green-winged Teal


Posted by David Salem on Mon Jun 12, 2017 11:05 pm

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This handsome drake was captured during our waterfowl workshop last year. The scapulars on these little speedsters light up like neon in the right light. 
Hope you like him.

1DX---840mm---f6.3---ss1/4000th---ISO640---Hand held@8:15am---35% crop

Thanks as always for looking and for your input.  I appreciate it.

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by Debapratim Saha on Tue Jun 13, 2017 5:59 am
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Perfect light,down ward wings to display all plumage and eye contact have made this a stunning BIF shot...well done David.
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by Karl Egressy on Tue Jun 13, 2017 6:07 am
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Superb BIF shot of one of the most beautiful ducks, David.
 

by Denis55 on Tue Jun 13, 2017 7:18 am
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Crazy good David!
Doesn,t get much better than this!
 

by Ed Cordes on Tue Jun 13, 2017 7:47 am
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Beautiful image of a beautiful duck. As was mentioned the wing position is perfect to show the green color.
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by E.J. Peiker on Tue Jun 13, 2017 7:48 am
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Fantastic flight shot - not easy to do as these guys can be pretty speedy!
 

by David Salem on Tue Jun 13, 2017 8:12 am
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Thanks guys
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by Coreyhkh on Tue Jun 13, 2017 12:38 pm
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by TerryWSmith on Tue Jun 13, 2017 10:30 pm
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Great in flight-colors are nice.

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by clement on Wed Jun 14, 2017 12:54 am
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Picture perfect
 

by c.w. moynihan on Wed Jun 14, 2017 1:17 pm
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Perfect flight shot of the species. Fantatstic looking duck.
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by joelee on Wed Jun 14, 2017 6:23 pm
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Beautiful picture and subject!!!
 

by David Salem on Wed Jun 14, 2017 10:15 pm
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Thanks again everyone. Glad you like it.
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by Carol Clarke on Thu Jun 15, 2017 6:04 am
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Superb flight capture of this gorgeous speeding bullet. A faultless image even by your own high standards!
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by Greg Oakley on Fri Jun 16, 2017 3:15 am
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Fantastic, sharp side-on frame David - great work
 

by David Salem on Sun Jun 18, 2017 11:53 pm
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Thanks so much Carol, it's one of my favorite frames of this species so I appreciate you kind words.

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by David Salem on Tue Jun 20, 2017 11:17 pm
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Thanks to the editors for choosing my image. I appreciate it
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