Bufflehead on Calm Water

[Doug Brown]

Always nice to get a duck on totally calm water with a great reflection. Even nicer when it's a Bufflehead drake in good light.

http://birdwhisperer.smugmug.com/Animals/Birds/BPN/20091208-MG3646-Bufflehead/743264680_UvHSn-O-1.jpg

Canon 7D, 600mm + 1.4x, f/7.1, 1/4000, ISO 640, -1/3 EC, hand held

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Lovely. The water is so calm. The reflection has also come out well.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Well exposed and great color . Really like the small water droplets in this image and the wonderful calm water. Very striking image Doug !!

[Stu Bowie]

Doug, good exposure on those colours on the head, and a lovely HA too. You couldnt have asked for calmer water, thus creating a perfect reflection. The droplets adds to the image.

[Ryan Schain]

This is excellent. I love the colors and the reflection. These guys are seriously hard to properly expose, and I always love to see the iridescence of the head.

[Sudhanshu Nafde]

Excellent sir.... thats way beyond my imagination... Awesome... Loved the crystal clear reflection.....

[Mike Lentz]

GEEZ! You guys are killing me with these absolutely fantastic waterfowl images!
Steller exposre and great job getting the irredescence! The angle gives a perfect reflection!

[Grace Scalzo]

Wow!! Such a beautiful image. The calm blue water is a perfect compliment to the duck. They are spooky here on Long Island..any tips on how to get close?

[Peter Coskun]

Great shot, I love the colors in this and the reflection really completes the image. The detail is also nice and sharp and especially like the water droplets on the feathers.

[Morkel Erasmus]

top shot Doug. lovely details, splendid colours and the reflection tops it off nicely. exposure nicely handled!

[William Currie]

Really nice Doug whites look great overall great image

[Doug Brown]

This was shot at a fairly extreme focal length; 840mm on a 1.6 crop body. This wasn't from a blind or anything. You just have to find the right place, in this case Bolsa Chica Wetlands in Southern California.

[Myer Bornstein]

The colors are great with a good pose and composition. keep it up