Merganser.

http://crazyravr.smugmug.com/Other/F...0merganser.jpg


Very minor post processing.

Hi Tom,
Can you give us the techs on this shot and amount of crop?
I like the raised crest and low POV.
Whites are unfortunately blown.
Would take a bit off the bottom as well,
Gail

Hi Tom,

I can see good detail in the head on my iPad but the whites appear to lack detail. The eye looks great too. Perhaps a smidge lower in the frame. I have a heck of a time with these guys. Lots of dark and lots of white areas. Beautiful bird! Good job.


Mark

Good image Tom... and a beautiful bird. Besides the other comments above, I wonder if you have a bit more space on the left so the bird is not so centered in the frame? I would also take a bit off the bottom and just a sliver off the top. Very well done.

Very nice shot.
Really great pose, especially with the raised head feathers.
Agree on the whites, they lack detail.
Well done.

Thak you guys. i had a choice here of getting the very little detail that would bein the whites or get a lot of detail in the head. I opted for the head details :) As for the crop, I see what you guys are saying and my reason for having this cropped the way it is, its cropped for 8.5x11 print. I used to always crop my pics for print and save them the same way for the web. I am not doing that anymore hehe