Common Loon

[Mike Veltri]

Common Loon
(Adult - Winter)
134793
Canon 1Dx -600 II + 1.4x
840mm - F/7.1 - 1/2500s - ISO 800

Thanks for looking, :S3:
Mike Veltri

[gail bisson]

A beautiful image Mike.
I like all the shades of blue in the image.
Low POV and exposure are perfect. Love the details in the whites and all those drops on the head.
I can see a version with a bit more room on the RHS and cloning out one of the catchlights in the eye but love this as is.
Gail

[Andre Pretorius]

Love it Mike!

The bill looks as if it is made from stainless steel!:w3

Agree with Gail on space and lovely angle.

IMHO would take slither off bottom.

Andre.

[vishaljadhav]

Lovely one, the IQ is fantastic, the blues are lovely
i like the beak
the small water droplets on the head of the loon makes it sweet.

[Randy Stout]

Mike:

Great shooting angle, drops, exposure, sharpness.

Interesting how red the eye still is. Generally in adults is goes a bit rusty with winter plumage.

Where was this taken, if I may ask?

Cheers

Randy

[Karl Egressy]

Great find, super low angle and great IQ, Mike.

[Arthur Morris]

Yes to superb IQ and sharpness. Yes to a bit off the bottom. Love the water droplets on the head. Love the low angle but not the horizon line through the bird's head.... A bit lower or a bit higher might have helped there. All in all, superb.

[Sandy Witvoet]

Wonderful. I wouldn't change a thing on the comp... Is there a catchlight/flash light/other reflection in the center of the pupil?

[Mike Veltri]

Thanks Randy for the comments, the bird was photographed on
the niagara river, it is an adult bird if that makes any difference.

[Randy Stout]

Mike:

It does make a difference, the juvi's eye is much more brown colored than the adults, but even the adults does darken somewhat in non breeding plumage.

Randy

[Girish Prahalad]

great low angle. details & DOF are excellent.

[David Salem]

Fantastic Image with nice detail and colors. Well done Mike

[shane shacaluga]

Great image. Not much more to add as most has been commented already

Thanks for sharing