recents mallard (view larger)

Lovely tones carried from the bird's neck into the background. Great action shot.

en la natraleza hay cosas maravillosas y tenemos la suerte que algun buen fotografo nos las enseña. enhorabuena y muchas gracias

A beautiful actionshot. well timed and focussed. cheers, Hans

Monte, colorful and sharp. Beautiful mallard.

Flight pose and colors make this one - bg included. Compliments Monte!

Top top notch.Beautiful everything.Easy 7

Very eyecatching...such beautiful colours !

Best regards, Anne & Runar :-)

Beautiful shot with great colors and details.

Timing was perfect aswell, really like the pose :)

Wonderful capture, Monte ... congrats.

Top work again Monte,an EXCELLENT catch

Very nice capture !!!!!!!!

Thanks for sharing.

Perfect timing gives a great sense of dynamics. Like split background. Best regards, Linh Dinh

Beautiful colors, good wing position and bg. The color on the feet make it look a bit saturated but still pretty.

Wonderful composition and amazing color tonality. Excellent.. Best regards.

Excellent  colour and comp.

Regards

Great colors ,very well done .

Extraordinary colors. The moment of take off is excellent catched. Great picture. You should be proud Monte. Congratulations. Cosmin (a "strong" 7)

Beautiful and perfect, Monte

Another beautifully detailed 'feathered friend' dear Monte...your love of birds is only exceeded by your wonderful talent to edit and present them with such beauty...congrats....always a treat to visit your images! **most sincerely, Gail

+1 for all the comments above Monte!

It's always a pleasure to see your dedication and the photographs you produce!

Regards,

Jim j.

You've made a rather common bird very nice, good lighting and wing pose.

Superb shot with vivid color and detail... Mike

You captured it Monte in an impressive flying pose...

Clarity, nice details....but mainly wonderful vivid colors against a vantage pale b/g....

It is a really very successful bird image.......