Common Merganser

[John Mack]

This image was created at Cayuga Lake in Ithaca, New York on 5/18/18 at 7:48AM. Image adjustments in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Hand held, Full frame.

Canon 5D MarkIV
Sigma 150-600 Contemporary
516mm
ISO 4000
f8.0
1/320sec

[Tobie Schalkwyk]

Wow what a beautiful bird John! Lovely handling of light and a background to die for! I probably would have removed the 'finger' sticking out from its back but that's just me.

[David Roach]

That bird... that soft light... That water... Love the SH, details and even the light and shadow on the bird. I only wish you could have gotten this beauty completely against that water. TFS

[Paul Burdett]

Hi John,
I agree...great looking bird with lovely colours and sharp details. The background and perch add to the image. I'm not entirely comfortable with the lighter strip on the right however, and I would also clone out the little "finger". You sure have some interesting birds in NY.

[Arthur Morris]

Great bird on a horrible perch and the white reflection is not good either.

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