Common Loon

[Glenn Bartley]

Still processing the backlog of images from the past few years. I came across this one from last spring that I thought I would share...

Camera Model: Canon EOS 7D
Shutter speed: 1/800 sec
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 200
Lens: EF500mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x

[Sarah Jessup]

This is beautiful. The soft light lends great detail to the bird's challenging colors. The background is perfect.
Sarah

[Don Nelson]

Extremely nice background on this one.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Very appealing, and the head looks velvety smooth! Great low angle and gorgeous BG / FG colours. The bright elongated eye reflection competes for attention a bit though IMO. Perhaps reducing its impact would be good?

[Dan Busby]

Glenn - not just a beautiful photograph but a real work of art. I love the surreal feel to it. Great detail, framing and lighting. I agree with Daniel about the eye reflection.

[Randy Stout]

Glenn:

You have captured the subtle colors on the head well, with soft background, nice head angle, very nice overall. Yes, I would clean up the elongated catchlight reflection also.

I am seeing some jaggies along the profile of the head from sharpening, at least on my monitor.

Beautifully exposed.

Cheers

Randy

[Jeff Sorbie]

I just love Loon's. This is a very tranquil photo. Great details and color.

[Bill Dix]

Sweet! A work of art, as was said above. Gorgeous fg/bg. Eye reflection noted.

[Frank Schauf]

Perfect comp and bg, nice work, Glenn.

[Joe Senzatimore]

A stunning image. Smooth water and great BG all work together.

[Karen Forderer]

Beautiful capture of the loon. Love the smooth water.

[gareth thomson]

Truly expresses the beauty of this bird and the natural world in general. As others have said: tranquil, serene, and beautiful. Congratulations.

[Steve Zamek]

How can you sit on such a photo for several months without processing it? The simple setting really brings out the beauty in the bird. Can't stop staring at it.

[Nico Steenberg]

Good angle and well exposed detail. Super IMG !

[holger cremer]

Perfect shoot for me! Like the angle / details and colors very much!