Eurasian Wigeon

[Bonnie Block]

http://www.pbase.com/herderdog/image/91688163.jpg

I was thrilled to find this guy in some good light, but found the resulting image difficult to pp, the head never seems right to me, although when viewed larger it seems sharp enough. Anyway, here he is. :)
1D MKIII 300/2.8 IS + 1.4 TC
1/1600s f/4.5 at 420.0mm iso1250 -2/3 Handheld

[Axel Hildebrandt]

The details look good here. Great find, angle and exposure control. I might crop a bit off the top.

[Glenn Bartley]

A very pleasing image of this species. Its always a little treat to find one of these guys mixed in with the American's.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Looks good Bonnie. I like the dizzying patterns on the back/side.

[Arthur Morris]

Looks perfect from here. Is it the rear-top of the head that bothers you? If you still don't like it, pop it onto a CD and send it here:

Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART
PO Box 7245 4041Granada Drive
Indian Lake Estates, FL 33855

Thanks and later and love, artie

[Bonnie Block]

Looks perfect from here. Is it the rear-top of the head that bothers you? If you still don't like it, pop it onto a CD and send it here:

Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART
PO Box 7245 4041Granada Drive
Indian Lake Estates, FL 33855

Thanks and later and love, artie
Artie, thank you!
Yes, it is the head feathers that for some reason look unreal to me, although as I said, the image looks sharp in a larger version.
I'll pop the full size image off to you, would love to see how you process it.
Thank you!