Loon portrait

[Charles Glatzer]

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STL Loons and More '09

Looking forward to spending more time with loons in June. They are amazing birds.

1Ds Mark III, 600mm w/1.4x
Manual, incident, 1/800 @ f/7.1, ISO 400
Post-production-LR3, CS4

See you where there is light, or at the computer

Chas
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[Ed Cordes]

Nice portrait. These guys must be hard to get. The blacks of the head and neck contrasted to the whites of the necklace and breast make it tough. I really like the smooth velvety appearance of the blacks. That red eye is perfect. The white breast at the water line looks a tad hot. OTH, the tones and swirls of the water are super.

[Harold Davis]

chas, this is fantastic. love the water. you can even see the iridescence (spelling?) in the black feathers.

did you mean to leave the multiple catchlights?

[Joel Eade]

Exquisite image. Well done.

[Suzanne Huot]

A WOW factor image

[Charles Glatzer]

chas, this is fantastic. love the water. you can even see the iridescence (spelling?) in the black feathers.

did you mean to leave the multiple catchlights?

I left the catch-light(s) as they are natural refections from the waters surface.

Chas

[Harold Davis]

thanks, chas. just curious!

[Danny J Brown]

Gorgeous image, Chas. Loons have an amazing bill, so symmetric and dagger like. Beautiful.

[Harshad Barve]

Spectacular is the word Chas
TFS

[Jim Crosswell]

Sharp image with stunning BG! Well done.

[Jackie Schuknecht]

So sharp with beautiful water. Very lovely Chas.

[Ofer Levy]

Superb in every way! Stunning !

[Kiran Poonacha]

great expo indeed, loved the colours acheived too...congrats.