hooded merganser female in snow

[Gene Herzberg]

Quidi Vidi Lake, St. John's Newfoundland

Sony alpha 700 iso 200 1/125,f4,+0.7, sigma 100-300 f4 zoom at 300 mm

[Jim Poor]

This one has potential, but the focus seems to have fallen on the back rather than the eye / face. Some selective sharpening might help, but it will never be as good as it could have been out of the camera. That said, I can see a lot of OOB type potential.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like the snowy effect here, and the almost perfect head-turn. As mentioned by Jim the face looks soft, and I see what may be clone tool marks along the top?