Red Phalarope Male Reflection

[Krijn Trimbos]

Hope youre not getting sick of Spitsbergen images, because I still have loads to show you. Due to heavy wind on Spitsbergen most of the time, mornings with no wind like this one are rare. We were lucky that the sun decided to show itself just a littlebit as well.

I took out several OOF spots on the water and leveled the photo.

C & C always welcome,

Canon EOS 7D 1/1000 f8
ISO 400
Canon 500mm L IS USM f4.0 + 1.4 Converter

[Kiran Poonacha]

Very beautiful looking Bird this.. lovely colours, nice angle and the reflection adds well...

[Stu Bowie]

I like the colours and detail, and what lovely smooth water. Does this need a slight CCW rotation?

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I definitely don't get tired of these images. :) Very cool find and capture, the soft light, angle and calm water makes this one for me. I might remove the specular highlights on the bill in the reflection.

[Fabs Forns]

Great exposure control and definition. I think it does need a bit of rotation too. Very good head angle and eye contact. TFS, Krijn :)

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Will never get sick of seeing Spitzbergen images :) Love the colours and the pose and eye contact are just right. I'd leave the specular highlights - helps to bring the image to life IMHO :)

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Love the low angle and beautiful reflection as well as the excellent color and detail.. TFS this beauty !!

[arash_hazeghi]

very nice low angle, good head angle and and clean water, well done. contrast seems a bit high on my screen.

[Arthur Morris]

Perfect reflection, head angle, and sweet, sweet light. You might consider losing the little black speck on the waterline just forward of center.

[Simon Bennett]

Just wonderful - pose, head turn, reflection, detail exemplary.

[Ofer Levy]

Fantastic !! Looks like you were almost underwater to get such a low angle....;)

[Marc Mol]

Very nice, the water looks almost like syrup!:)
Lovely colour and lighting, with a magic reflection.
TFS

[Rich Steel]

Hi Krijn

What a beautiful bird and unfortunately one we only get to see very rarely in its winter colours. Exposure and detail are very good and taken in great light. Apart from a touch or rotation a lovely image as presented.

Cheers

Rich

[christopher galeski]

very nice colors,nice detail,agree with others on rotation,very nice shot.thanks.

[Art Kornienko]

Love the angle and reflection, seems contrasty on my monitor too.

[Jasper Doest]

Lovely reflection shot buddy. You might want to recalibrate your monitor as all your recent photographs seem very contrasty :2eyes2: