Pacific Loon

[Glenn Bartley]

I'm just back from leading my workshop up in Churchill. We had a wonderful time and loads of great photo opportunities. Here's one species that put smiles on all of our faces :)

To see more images from the trip - http://www.glennbartley.com/naturephotography/articles/Gallery%20-%20BCCHURCHILL2011.html

Camera Model: Canon EOS 7D
Shutter speed: 1/1000 sec
Aperture: 9
ISO: 400
Focal length: 500mm + 1.4x

[Jeff Sorbie]

WOW...Great Shot Glenn. I love the low angle, color and BG. Everything is just Wow!

[gail bisson]

Simply superb. Texture on neck is like velvet. Great BG, low angle, head angle good (would be nice if he was looking 3 -4 degrees more towards you). Lovely
Gail

[Daniel Cadieux]

Oh yeah, what a beauty! Love the purple sheen on the throat. Exposure is perfect, and great low angle with a neat BG. If anything perhaps tight in the frame, but very impressive image!

[Mike Tracy]

Agree with Dan about being a little tight. Lovely in all regards otherwise.

Is the brownish background area as captured ?

[Herb Houghton]

Beautiful image Glenn. I love the colors in the BGD and the red eye just pops.

[Karl Egressy]

A very beautiful image, Glenn.

[noelle zaleski]

Outstanding! The loons head looks velvety soft...... very nicely captured :S3:

[Randy Stout]

Glenn:

Lovely bird, good shooting angle, sharp, well exposed, nice angle in frame. Yes to a bit tight, but really outstanding. As a loon fan, I can see I will have to make the trip 'way up north' to capture these fellows.

I am curious about your shooting setup? Boat, kayak, how are you mounting your rig to get this low?

Cheers

Randy

[Glenn Bartley]

Glenn:

Lovely bird, good shooting angle, sharp, well exposed, nice angle in frame. Yes to a bit tight, but really outstanding. As a loon fan, I can see I will have to make the trip 'way up north' to capture these fellows.

I am curious about your shooting setup? Boat, kayak, how are you mounting your rig to get this low?

Cheers

Randy

Thanks Randy! To answer your Q I was simply laying on the tundra right at the waters edge. I got soaked....but it was worth it!

[Randy Stout]

Thanks Glenn:

Did you need camo of any sort? I am assuming that the circumstances are such that you can't drop a boat into these lakes. ? I spend a lot of time working our common loons, and without a boat, the shooting opportunities would be really limited.

Thanks

Randy

[Nico Steenberg]

:eek: Awesome !! Great sharp detail and IQ. Like the DOF !!. Subject is well exposed with good natural colours . Well done :cheers::cheers: