Harlequin Duck

[John Mack]

This image was created at Barnegat Jetty on 2/9/19 at 3:18PM. Image processed in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Hand held, Big crop.

Canon 5D MarkIV
Sigma 150-600 Contemporary
600mm
ISO 800
f9.0
1/2000sec

[dankearl]

Looks good John, crop held up I think except for BG noise..
Whites are on the edge but fine.
I might clean up the specks on the duck.

[Dorian Anderson]

Beautiful headshot, John! Exposure is spot on and the details look great. Here is another situation where opening up a stop would have bought you ISO 400 to cut down on the background noise (though it's still much very an OK level here)

[Joseph Przybyla]

For a big crop the IQ held together well. Beautiful bird, love the colors and background, all compliment each other. Thank you for sharing, John.

[Arthur Morris]

Ditto the above but bummed by the dark wave through the head ...

with love, artie