Common Merganser

[John Mack]

Common merganser in early morning front light. Canon 5d markIII canon 100-400L IS 1.4x extender III. ISO 1600 490mm F8.0 1/3000sec. Please critique & comment.

[Arthur Morris]

Welcome. Sharp with gorgeous light and a nice basic image design. Could use a tad more room below those webbed feet. Killer BKGR. EXP spot on. And the raised crest is wonderful. My main concern is that the head is turned away from the line of the bird's body...

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[John Mack]

Thank you. This image was created at Cayuga lake in Ithaca, NY.

[Isaac Grant]

Welcome from a fellow New Yorker. Agree with Arthur about all. Very nice image of a bird that I would love to get some frames of. Only thing I could say was that I think it would have been better if you could have been a little lower down (I know this is often times not possible and we get what we can get). Also I think the orange of the legs and feet is a little over saturated. Could be because I am not used to seeing their feet but if mine I would lower the saturation of the orange a little.

[Sandeep Chakraborty]

Excellent lighting, Clear shot. some more space needed under the legs. Good suggestions by folks above.