Lesser Whistling Ducks

[Bibhav Behera]

This was shot in Dudhwa National Park last month.

The light was pretty harsh when I shot this but I had forgotten to change back the ISO :(

Comments and Critiques welcome.
This image has been cropped slightly.

EOS 1000D, 300 f/4L IS + 1.4x TC
SS 1/2500
F 8
ISO 800

[Mrudul Godbole]

The wing spread is nice. Wish it was flying towards you. The composition is nice. There is some noise in the image. Thanks for sharing.

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

I like this image. Wish you had lowered the ISO. I suggest cropping out the dark patch adjoining the top border. There is a sharp speck visible above the right wing of the duck, what is that?

[Bibhav Behera]

The sharp speck looks like some bee on zooming to 100%. There are 2 slightly visible circles on the right side of the wing. I'm not able to figure out what they are. They are there in the RAW file as well.

[AB Apana]

I suggest cropping this to a squarish format.

Apana

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

There are 2 slightly visible circles on the right side of the wing. I'm not able to figure out what they are. They are there in the RAW file as well.
They look like OOF light reflections off the water to me.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

I agree with the previous suggestions. It looks like a big crop. The harsh afternoon light hasn't helped. Bird flying into the frame would have been better.

[Bibhav Behera]

Thanks for the comments guys. I agree about the loss in quality and the noise.

[Praveen Siddannavar]

The wing spread and the feet have come out well, agree about loss in quality.
tfs