Hooded Merganser

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Another hoodie from yesterday's shoot. I was lucky enough to have this one in the shade, and exposing the image became much easier!

Heavy crop from the original (around 70%). NR applied via Nik's Dfine. Also applied negative tonal contrast to the bg, and some positive to the hoodie. Resized and sharpened for web.

Shooting Info:
Nikon D800 | 500 f/4 + 1.4x
1/1600 | f/5.6 | ISO 5000

[Satish Ranadive]

Miguel:
Beautiful image.Very nice pose with full wings back,nice HA,colors and nice details in whites, inspite of heavy crop.
I like the eye,BG and nice composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[christopher galeski]

nice capture,like the pose,nice low angle,thanks.

[gail bisson]

Looks good.
Great body position towards you as well.
Nice low POV. I like how the e is some light on his face,
Gail

[Bill Dix]

Hi Miguel. I like everything about this one, except the large crop about which you could do nothing. Great wingflap pose, head angle, gorgeous background (nice PP work on that).

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Miguel, well timed for the wingflap, and captured a good low angle. The overall exposure looks good, and I really like the colourful BG. If anything, I would clone out the thick small line in the FG - LRC.

[Doug Brown]

Perfect light and head angles. Nice wing position. Very good detail considering the large crop; gotta love the D800 in that regard.

[Marina Scarr]

The muted light worked in your favor here, and you managed to capture a lovely wingflap in YOUR direction! It seems another pass of NR might be helpful to eliminate the remaining noise I am seeing in spots, esp behind the head.

[Raymond Lee]

Great capture! Nice timing! The large cropping is noticeable, but the details are there. I also like the low POV.