Lesser scaup preening

[Grace Scalzo]

I stayed at Connetquot River State Park yesterday while Lloyd and Joe went for the red heads. (See Joe's redhead below :S3:). Had some nice time with this scaup.

Thank you in advance for your critiques and comments. (This is about a 50% crop and some random patch tool work on highlights)

Canon Mark IV, 500 f4 + 1.4tc, as low as I could get with lens resting on small pier that sticks out into the pond.

1/2500,f8, ISO 800

[James Salywoda]

Fantastic preening pose captured Grace your exposure is spot on and the details are perfect. I like the low angle as well... good to see you posting.:S3:

[Doug Brown]

Super exposure control Grace. Just the right amount of DOF, with good focus on the eye (not always easy with this type of pose). Nicely done!

[Greg Basco]

Grace, I'll just second James' and Doug's comments. Great rendition of the water too -- really adds nicely to the image.

Cheers,
Greg Basco

[Pieter de Waal]

Lovely preening pose with visible eye. Love the detail and colour captured here, the colour on the head is outstanding.

[denise ippolito]

Grace, Beautiful pose and open mouth! I like the sharpness and exposure-lovely!:S3:

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

Excellent exposure, the details in black and white are really good. The sharpness and the action are great too. Love this very much, TFS.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the pose, sharpness, exposure and DOF. A real beauty Grace!

[Joe Senzatimore]

A beautiful image made "KILLER" by the low angle.:5

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Grace, you know I love these. terrific pose with the open bill and nice view of the head...with colors. Good subject placement and details. low angle ofcourse is very nice. I think the blacks can go a bit darker and will give more pop.

[Ofer Levy]

Lovely behaviour shot!

[Daniel Cadieux]

Excellent preening image! I love that we can see the roof of the mouth...this guy is really reaching for a mouthful of fearthers it seems. Very intimate feel.

[Grace Scalzo]

Thanks everyone, I appreciate you taking the time to comment on my image and for your kind words. I totally enjoyed the time I spent with this beautiful creature.

[Gen Benjamin]

Wow Grace beautifully done, tack on exposure and sharpness and as Joe said made killer by the wonderful low angle. Great job
Gen