Bufflehead on Calm Water

Always nice to get a duck on totally calm water with a great reflection. Even nicer when it's a Bufflehead drake in good light.

http://birdwhisperer.smugmug.com/Ani..._UvHSn-O-1.jpg

Canon 7D, 600mm + 1.4x, f/7.1, 1/4000, ISO 640, -1/3 EC, hand held

Lovely. The water is so calm. The reflection has also come out well.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

Well exposed and great color . Really like the small water droplets in this image and the wonderful calm water. Very striking image Doug !!

Doug, good exposure on those colours on the head, and a lovely HA too. You couldnt have asked for calmer water, thus creating a perfect reflection. The droplets adds to the image.

This is excellent. I love the colors and the reflection. These guys are seriously hard to properly expose, and I always love to see the iridescence of the head.

Excellent sir.... thats way beyond my imagination... Awesome... Loved the crystal clear reflection.....

GEEZ! You guys are killing me with these absolutely fantastic waterfowl images!
Steller exposre and great job getting the irredescence! The angle gives a perfect reflection!

Wow!! Such a beautiful image. The calm blue water is a perfect compliment to the duck. They are spooky here on Long Island..any tips on how to get close?

Great shot, I love the colors in this and the reflection really completes the image. The detail is also nice and sharp and especially like the water droplets on the feathers.

top shot Doug. lovely details, splendid colours and the reflection tops it off nicely. exposure nicely handled!

Really nice Doug whites look great overall great image

This was shot at a fairly extreme focal length; 840mm on a 1.6 crop body. This wasn't from a blind or anything. You just have to find the right place, in this case Bolsa Chica Wetlands in Southern California.

The colors are great with a good pose and composition. keep it up