Bufflehead Take II

[Enrique Patino]

went out to the local pond today with my friend Bruce. It turned out to be cloudy and rainy at times. So Bruce let me use his 1DX with his 800mm... and I was not complaining. In 20 minutes I was able to produce a couple of (what would have been in good light) great shots. Bruce is taking off for a while, so this was my chance to use his gear ... and this is one of the ones I got today. With the good light this pond can get, I want to try a similar shot again. But I will have to do that with my 7D, most likely...:bg3: Turns out, this was a bit underexposed with the light I had

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1DX, 800mm @ f/5.6, 1/3200, ISO 6400, hh. cropped a bit and cleaned the right side of the image... slight NR on bird and more NR on BG

comments welcome

[dankearl]

You did well with the light you had.
I was at my duck pond today in the same conditions…..
For iso6400, this is not bad, and it is a cool pose and angle.

[David Salem]

I agree, you did pretty good considering the shooting condition and the high ISO setting. Lots of action with the water flying. Good job hand holding that 800 too. Nice shot.

[vishaljadhav]

Very nicely done, sharp where it needs to be and blurs where the action shows , i like the over all feel of this image
colours look nice on that head
i love those splashes

[Karl Egressy]

Excellent take off pose. I like the wing position and the splash behind.