Red breasted merganser

[Jonathan Ashton]

Camera Model Canon EOS-1D X
Shooting Mode Manual Exposure
Tv(Shutter Speed) 1/2000
Av(Aperture Value) 5.6
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation -1/3
ISO Speed 250
Auto ISO Speed ON
Lens EF500mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x III
Focal Length 700.0mm

Rather harsh lighting so I had to tame the lights and fill in the darks, the water was also very blue indeed so I desaturated it.

[William Dickson]

Very nice Jon. I do like the strong colours and the detail. Nice POV aswell.

Will

[Mike Poole]

Certainly an interesting pose Jon!

Tough conditions but you've handled it nicely.

Mike

[Ross Taylor]

Hi Jonathan. Water looks great. Pano crop works well here. You captured an interesting pose indeed. You may consider to drop the saturation of the reds a bit.

TFS-Ross

[Karl Egressy]

Strong colors, but look good. Love the scratching pose captured, Jon. Almost like waving hi to you.

[christopher galeski]

Nice capture Jonathan,like the pose,you handled the light well.TFS.

[adrian dancy]

An interesting pose and superb detail here Jonathan.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Thanks for the feedback everyone.
I did wonder about the reds but the colours were intense on the day so decided to leave them though I did reduce the blue in the water.
I appreciate it has been said before but I attribute the detail very much to a high shutter speed.

[Diane Miller]

You didn't embed the color profile here, so some folks, depending on their monitors and browsers, won't be seeing the colors correctly. Likely they will see over-saturated reds. (It looks like you converted to sRGB but that isn't enough.)

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the interesting pose, sharpness, details, POV and composition. Very well done Jon!

[Jonathan Ashton]

You didn't embed the color profile here, so some folks, depending on their monitors and browsers, won't be seeing the colors correctly. Likely they will see over-saturated reds. (It looks like you converted to sRGB but that isn't enough.)

Spot on Diane, I have now clicked Embed Colour Profile, it must have been like this for months!