Into the Gold

[William Dickson]

Canon 5D Mk3
f/4 500mm
f/6.3
1/2500
ISO 800

This is one from yesterday afternoon, when we had some decent light. I liked the way the late afternoon sun, caused reflections on the sea, as the Long Tailed Duck was swimming towards the harbour area.

Will

[Daniel Cadieux]

Or perhaps out of the blue! Here is one instance where a lower angle was not needed as the warping textured colours, which would not have been so evident with a lower angle, are a big part of the image. Good exposure and details. If anything you could trim a sliver off the bottom. Nicely done!

[Arthur Morris]

Lovely image design and bird and good comments by Dan. The face looks as if it would benefit from some Contrast Mask sharpening of the TIFF file... a

[christopher galeski]

nice image Will,like the two tone color in the water,nice light.TFS.

[Wilhelm Waltermann]

Hi Will, wat a beautyful bird. never seen before. but...
a deeper position would achieve a better result . i like waterbird-photos, if the water flows into the lens hood ;-)

[Joseph Przybyla]

Lovely image, Will. I like the blending of the two colors in the background. I have never seen on of these ducks before, thank you for sharing.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Will, lovely swimming angle and HA, and I like the curvature of the back and tail. Interesting to see the split of the colours in the water.

[William Dickson]

Thanks for the comments :S3:

will

[Mike Poole]

Nice work Will, I'm another fan of the 2 tone water effect, and the head angle is spot on.

Mike