Take-Off

[Hillbillygirl]

Captured this Blue-winged Teal taking off from the marsh surface.

[Geepaa]

Beautifully captured.

[Randitola]

Great capture...I love the DOF. She doesn't even have her landing gear up yet

[slackercruster]

V. Nice!!

[GJK]

Nice!!

[Mike Bons]

I love the detail and perfect timing of this image. My only nit is I wish there was more canvas to the left.

[Hillbillygirl]

Thank you all for the kind compliments and glad you enjoyed.

I love the detail and perfect timing of this image. My only nit is I wish there was more canvas to the left.

Yes, would have liked a little more space also, but this was a quick shot, freehand, with a 500mm F4 with TC attached, as they jumped in front of us, so this is all I got, and lucky at that.

[Barefoot]

...this is all I got, and lucky at that.

I've always heard that "luck" is where preparation and opportunity meet. When you open Webster's and look up the word preparation, there's a picture of HBG given as an example. I think you did very well.

[kmunroe]

very nice HBG

[Hillbillygirl]

Thank you so much Barefoot.

...and a big thanks to you also Kenny.