Northern Pintail (please view larger)

Amazing capture Steve, 7 from me. All the best.

Steve,

  Amazing capture with wonderful details & colors.  Take care, Patsy

Fantastic, Steve

Steve...  A Klingon Bird of Prey immediately comes to mind and these guys are almost as fast!  Excellent shot... Mike

Seven all the way! I rated with seven two such mallards today (this one is better, ha)! Must be already on the top photos pages, congratulations Steve!

PDE

Outstanding!  great job!

excelente, magnifico detalle, esto si es un buen disparo. enhorabuena

A wonderful capture with very fine details !!

Nice light and angle, one tough duck to shoot inflight, especially coming directly at you.

Sensational, Steve. You nailed this one. Like the wings pose. Best regards, Linh Dinh

Another great capture Steve.  I enjoy the contrast between the bird and the background.  And the wingtips.

Exceptional work, you stole a moment of time. Congratulations. Best wishes. Vicente.

Excellent! The quick capture and timing...very sharp and well presented.

Warm regards, Pamela

Sharp, colourful and very well defined against the background. I think the central position in the frame works really well, it needs that space around it, and I think that the bird flying "into" the frame as apposed to out of it is far more important and very well executed.

Nice work Steve

Best Wishes!

Alf

All around super shot Steve

Nice Pintail shot Steve! I find the Pintail duck as a very attractive, good looking duck. Interesting to see the green color on the wing since I don't see that much when they fly by

Steve...Bravo and a big congratulations on a very fine shot.  These guys are super fast, but you stayed with him.  Image is tack sharp with good colors and an excellent b/g.  Well done.

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Brilliant, i love your bird series.

Best wishes

Hi Steve! This is an amazing shot. It always am impresses when I can see such detail in a fast moving bird. I see that it was shot at 400 ISO at 1/8000 seconds, but you didn't mention what lens you were using. I am just curious, and maybe a little envious.

To one of my PN friends:

Good timing and aesthetic, but common subject. Merry Christmas and Happy 2010!