Ring Necked Duck Submerging

[Juan Tolentino]

I took this image this weekend at my local lake in Miami Lakes Florida with the handheld Nikon D500 (crop sensor) and AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm 1-5.6E ED VR.

Is really hard to get close to these ducks, they see anybody and start swimming to the middle of the lake, I was lucky to get this close and capture this image. They stay submerged in the water from 45 sec to 1 min.

ISO 640
f6.3
1/1600
500mm
Manual Mode
Processed in LR and PS.
Crop around 50%

All C & C's will be greatly appreciated. Hope you like it.


Thanks for looking

JT

[Alex Becker]

Hi Juan, I like this frame a lot -- in particular the eye still being visible and the drops of water coming up. I see you said this was a pretty big crop, but I do find myself wanting see the bird a bit bigger in the frame if the image quality allows. Thanks for sharing

[Juan Tolentino]

Thank you Alex, here's the image with a tighter crop.

I'm wondering what other viewers think.

[William Dickson]

Hi Juan, Well done at capturing at the right moment, with the eye showing. I like your original post, the IQ is better, the water colour and DOF looks real good.

Will

[Gerhard Weldhagen]

Excellent timing to freeze the moment but still get the eye. The large crop does not contribute to image quality and the image does suffer from it somewhat.

[Juan Tolentino]

Thank you for the comments and suggestions guys. Really appreciated.