Lesser Scaup(baited)

[John Mack]

Wall of shame. Cambridge, Maryland. 12/12/21 at 2:24PM. Image processed in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Hand held, Full frame.

Canon 1DX MarkIII
Canon 500 f/4 IS USM
Canon Extender 1.4x III
ISO 800
f8.0
1/2000sec

[Randy Stout]

John:
Nice shooting angle. Handsome fellow, great eye, subtle head turn our way.
Wish there was a bit more DOF, but I appreciate the limitations of this setup.
Is this full frame?

Cheers

Randy

[Arthur Morris]

Nice. Hand held or tripod? If the former, perhaps 1/500 sec. at f/16 ...

with love, artie

[Brian Sump]

Man that's a close one John!

Superb detail as per usual with you. Wonderful light angle helped retain much of the iridescence on the head.

Already at f8, would have been hard to get any of the lower shoulder/body in focus, but I like it as is. The single water line going across from the breast to the right works very nicely for me.

TFS.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Looking good , nice and tight head shot with a perfect HA .
Well done

TFS Andreas

[William Dickson]

Very nice John.....All looks good here...The greens on the head look nice and the BG shows the bird well.

Will

[Jonathan Ashton]

Absolute beauty John I like the shallow DOF it keeps my eyes on the head looking at the beautiful colours. Quality looks absolutely first class.