Quite A Plump Little Brant.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I usually only get the chance to photograph this species during fall migration as they often stage here to fatten-up for the next leg of migration. In the spring they are almost always only seen in big flocks simply flying high overhead so I was pleasantly surprised to see a small group of four swimming close to shore a couple of weeks ago. After spending a few moments on the choppy waters of the river, they came onto shore to preen. Here is one of them showing off its roundness.

Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC III, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/2000s., f/5.6, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, FF. The bottom right was rather bluish, so I toned that down (but in hindsight I could try to match it even more to the rest of the colour-scheme of the image).

[kevin Hice]

Daniel quite nice, wish for a little more Ha. The choppy waters make this. The color that blue doesn't bother me maybe helps the image adds some contrast leads itself so softly into the image. TFS

[Randy Stout]

Daniel:

They always look like their head is too small for the body! I like the "standing" on the turbulent water pose, well exposed. The blue in corner didn't distract me. As Kevin said, it so soft that it blends in.

Cheers

Randy

[Arthur Morris]

I like it, especially the waves. Were you seated or flat? It looks a bit too YELLOW to me -- you might try a cooler version.

with love, artie

[Dorian Anderson]

Nice crisp look at this guy, and I appreciate the low angle. I agree with Artie about the yellow cast, but WB is not my strong suit! Composition works well for me.

[John Mack]

The waves are nice. Pose and framing are dead on.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Thanks all. Artie, I was lying flat for this image.