Common Goldeneye

[Glenn Bartley]

Here's one from last winter of the female of this species.

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/7360/commongoldeneye19oz3.jpg

Camera Model: Canon EOS 40D
Shutter speed: 1/500 sec
Aperture: 8
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: -1/3
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 320
Focal length: 500mm + 1.4x

[Ramon M. Casares]

TERRIFIC! Light is perfect, BG and colours are outstanding, and compo is nice but I might crop just a bit from the bottom, it feels centered but htere is more room in front of the bird and cropping from the right would tighten the comp to much. Congratulaitons on a very fine image!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Excellent image! Great light, details, angle and the reflection of the sky puts it over the top for me.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Excellent light and BG. A stunning eye-level image. :)

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Beautiful Glenn with a stunning BG and lighting. Excellent pose and detail . Love it !!!

[Robert O'Toole]

What an image Glen, the low angle and the sharpness with the blue details are all excellent.

Congrats,

Robert

[Doug Brown]

A beauty Glenn! What's your secret to getting so low?

[Glenn Bartley]

I was just laying right down at the edge of a lagoon with the camera pretty much right on the ground. I keep my hand under the lens foot to allow me a bit more maneuverability.

Here's another option that works well:

http://www.glennbartley.com/naturephotography/articles/thepanpod.htm

[Bill Sharkey]

Great shot Glenn! Great BG and subject. Did you employ any NR on the BG?

Bill

[Juan Aragonés]

The low angle and light are stunning Glenn and I like the composition instead of the fact that the bird is centered but the is not in tthe center of the frame. Very good job!