Up "Peri"Scaup (Lesser)

[Daniel Cadieux]

This Lesser Scaup was eager to see where the call was coming from! It was swimming rather quickly which created a nice wake in front of it, and a dip behind. When combined with my low angle approach it made for a neat effect.

Canon 7D + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/800s., f/7.1, ISO 800, cropped for composition (after lowering the brownish band above to include it in), audio used.

[Richard Flack]

Great photo Dan, love the wave in front. Super details and good head angle. You have been knocking your duck photos out the park of late. Well done!

[Randy Stout]

Dan:

That pose almost looks 'loonoid', a real low rider.
Great POV, nice display of the green on head, excellent head angle.

Even got a bit of green showing in the bow wave.

Nice.

Cheers

Randy

[William Dickson]

Pretty cool Dan. The title describes it perfectly :S3: The wave is perfect and great details on the duck. Perfect HA. BG blends great with the FG I like how it is finished off with the brownish on top. Nice work

Will

[Joseph Przybyla]

Like the image, like the title. Nice work Daniel. Thank you for sharing.

[Lorant Voros]

Very beautiful image, nice colors in the bird and the water. Your choice of crop is well balanced with the nice head turn. TFS.

[John Robinson]

Unusual take Daniel
Nice to see different stuff. He looks surprised to see you !
John

[Ed Kelly]

Dan, Like it a lot. Great POV and the crop is great. The wake sends it over for me.

Ed

[Joe Subolefsky]

Love the pushing water look. Think it would be even stronger with the neck reflection removed or the full head included.