Hooded merganser in flight

[Karl Egressy]

The ice is still solid in the Bay but there are three water holes now, filled with Mallards.
How they melt the ice, how the keep it open at night when the temperature plunges to double digit minus, it is a mistery.
The only other species in one of the holes was a pair of Hoodies that flew out for the night.
The background is the frozen bay.
Thanks for looking.

Camera Model Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Shooting Mode Manual Exposure
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/1600
Av( Aperture Value ) 5.6
Metering Mode Spot Metering
ISO Speed 400
Lens EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Focal Length 500.0mm



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[Randy Stout]

Karl:

Nice to see a hooded flying. Good wing position, angle in frame.

I think the eye would seem a bit sharper with a little work on the reflections. As is, the apparent sharpness isn't great on the eye.

Cheers

Randy

[Doug Brown]

The best Hoodie flight shot I've ever seen Karl! A little bright in places, but sharpness and wing position are quite good. Like the icy BG too. Well done!

[James Salywoda]

You know I like this a lot Karl and its nice to see a larger view of it. Stunning!!!

[Gary Esman]

An inspirational shot this is. Love the wing stretch, sharpness, background, water droplets and determined look on this guys face. Awesome.

Gary

[Dan Busby]

Great shot Karl. The in-focus water droplets both on and behind the bird take this image to a higher level. I like the wing position, background and composition. Very nice!

[Nico Steenberg]

Awesome in flight shot and bird ! I like the comp. IMG is sharp and well exposed. Well done on this :w3

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Karl, we dont see many hoodie-in-flight shots. This is excellent. agree with Randy's suggestion on some eye work.

[Paul Lagasi]

Hello Karl...first off, very well done on flight image of Merganser, background, sharpness and wing position really nice. I agree with Doug about a few bright spots, but I'd take this image in a heartbeat.

It was a pleasure meeting Marianne and You in Algonquin Park and spending a few hours talking about our great times birding and photographing...hope some day we can do it again.

[Karl Egressy]

Thank you all. Nice meeting you Paul.