Bufflehead.

Doug noticed that the Bufflehead I posted two days ago was slightlyoverexposed in the white.
I pulled out another one which was taken shortly after, where I adjusted theshutter speed to compensate for the overexposed white.
The challenge with this one was to bring out the colours on the head that I hadmostly done in PP.
I also removed the some of the red colour cast from the white areas.
(Water was not sharpened or processed)
Thanks for looking.


Canon 1D MIV
Canon 500 F4.0 L IS
Manual Exposure
ISO 800
f 7.1
1/4000 s

Karl, This one looks way better. I see plenty of detail in the whites, even the fine droplets on his feathers. The beautiful irredescence looks perfect and the blacks are nice too. I'm torn on suggesting a different crop. one one hand, I'd like to get rid of the lowest strip of white, but then I think he may be too low in the frame. Hopefully others will chime in. Elimintaing the weaker catchlight might be a consideration. Thanks for explaining in a prior post that you can't get lower here. This is a duck that I would love to have a chance at, here the are quite shy.

Looks great Karl. I still fight to get all those whites right.

Much better Karl! You really nailed the exposure on this one!

Karl:
Fabulous image with wonderful exposure.Great colors.I like the pose,looks like toy:S3:
Love it.

Regards,
Satish.

Exposure looks good on this one. Water looks great as a BG. The bird is just beautiful! Nice job.

Karl - this is a huge improvement over the other image. Nice job on the whites and on bringing out the irridescent colors. Well done.

TFS,
Rachel

Karl I haven't seen the other image but this one looks pretty good. I find details on whites and nice iredescence too. I like the waves and its colour but I am not too sure about the crop.

Excellent exposure control and sharp details, Karl. Love the iridescence.

Excellent shot Karl.
This one is so much better than the previous one.
Exposure is spot on, great pose, and nice details.
Well done.