Common Merganser (female)

HI all,

Today's post is of a Common Merganser taken from a blind in February a few years back in Nova Scotia Canada.The bird has 2 silverside fish in it's beak.
The AF was so slow, I ended up using manual focus, as the birds kept diving and popping up in different places on a partially frozen river. With today's technology, I wouldn't have had to spend days freezing, while trying to make a sucessful image.

Comments, and Critiques are welcome.

Minolta Maxxum 9, 300f2.8 Lens with 1.4. Fuji Provia 100. Manfrotto Tripod. Exposure Unrecorded.

Cheers,
Gary Murray
Nova Scotia Canada
http://garyamurray.blogspot.com/
http://www.pbase.com/pgns/gmurray

Gary, can't see the image. Please try and edit the post and upload again.

Thanks, Gary :)

If you are linking from pbase, you need to add .jpg to your link

yup, i can see the thumbnail on the main avian forum page but dont see any image here...

regards,
Kaushik

Hopefully here is Gary's picture
http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...9&d=1200196288

Oops I did it again...to quote Britney Spears.

I uploaded the image as an attatchment, and it showed that it was uploaded. will delve into learning it properly.

cheers,
Gary.