Bufflehead, Male.

[Karl Egressy]

Captured a week ago shortly after sunrise, in Toronto.
Thanks for looking

Canon 1D Mark IV
Canon 500 f4.0 L IS II. +1.4x III.
ISO 800
f 1/1600
f 7.1

[Marina Scarr]

Lovely portrait, Karl. Great colors and details. Love seeing the beads of water on the duck's head. I am seeing a lot of feather details on the white portion on the head but not as much on the body. I wonder if that's b/c of the way the light is hitting the subject.

[Bill Dix]

Lovely colors, nice light and head angle. Love the drops. I noticed the same as Marina about the back. I don't know if a touch of selective sharpening would help; but it the detail's not there, it's not there.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Karl, lovely low shooting angle, and the light has brought out the colours on the head so well. Just enough space around the duck, and I really like the droplets on the head, and that they haven't fallen off due to the slope. :w3