Ruddy Shelduck pair landing

[Atul Sinai]

There were 8 Ruddy Shelduck's in the area, this pair came closer.
Location: River Mula, Pune

Camera: Canon 7D
Lens: Canon 400mm f5.6
Exposure: Manual
Focus: Auto
Metering: Manual
Shutter Speed: 1/1600
Aperture: f6.3
ISO: 400
Focal Length: 400mm

[Roopak Gangadharan]

nice atul.wish you had got some eye contact...that wud been super.

Tfs
Roopak

[Atul Sinai]

Thanks Rupak. Did get some eye contact in the next frames, will post them soon

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice landing pose. Look forward to more. Thanks for sharing.

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

I like this image inspite of the lack of eye contact. The outstretched legs of the second one add interest. The overall sharpness of the image appears low to me, any post-processing error?
TFS

[Atul Sinai]

Abhishek, I am not aware of any post processing error in this image. I think the image is slightly out of focus hence the details are missing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

How much of crop is this? I agree that eye contact would have enhanced this image.

[Atul Sinai]

This is 11% crop