Tufted duck

Tripod Camera Model Canon EOS-1D X
Shooting Mode Manual Exposure
Tv(Shutter Speed) 1/1600
Av(Aperture Value) 8.0
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 6400
Auto ISO Speed ON
Lens EF500mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x III
Focal Length 700.0mm

Taken at the local park, in fact Ashton Park! All C&C welcome.

There is a lot of fine detail and subtle variants of colour at both ends of the histogram here Jonathan and you've captured it all perfectly. I feel like this fellow is alive on my desktop.<script type="text/javascript" src="safari-extension://com.ebay.safari.myebaymanager-QYHMMGCMJR/e7f4c2da/background/helpers/prefilterHelper.js"></script>

Hi Jon lovely tufted duck , very nice looking bird and you have extracted very nice fine detail .Very well done .
I like the colors and the overall tonal range within the subject .
I just think it is a bit tight on LHS and bottom , but a tiny bit too much on top , i might try to recrop if possible .

TFS Andreas

Love the details Jon. Lovely pose. Lovely frame

Will

A lower vantage point, if at all possible, would have been great....but I love the details and colours. Pretty wicked cool duck with that tuft! Half a degree CCW rotation may be needed, but perhaps only an illusion.

Thanks very much for your comments everyone.