Merganser.

[Tom Cudzilo]

Very minor post processing.

[gail bisson]

Hi Tom,
Can you give us the techs on this shot and amount of crop?
I like the raised crest and low POV.
Whites are unfortunately blown.
Would take a bit off the bottom as well,
Gail

[Mark Jones]

Hi Tom,

I can see good detail in the head on my iPad but the whites appear to lack detail. The eye looks great too. Perhaps a smidge lower in the frame. I have a heck of a time with these guys. Lots of dark and lots of white areas. Beautiful bird! Good job.


Mark

[Dennis Zaebst]

Good image Tom... and a beautiful bird. Besides the other comments above, I wonder if you have a bit more space on the left so the bird is not so centered in the frame? I would also take a bit off the bottom and just a sliver off the top. Very well done.

[Robert Holguin]

Very nice shot.
Really great pose, especially with the raised head feathers.
Agree on the whites, they lack detail.
Well done.

[Tom Cudzilo]

Thak you guys. i had a choice here of getting the very little detail that would bein the whites or get a lot of detail in the head. I opted for the head details :) As for the crop, I see what you guys are saying and my reason for having this cropped the way it is, its cropped for 8.5x11 print. I used to always crop my pics for print and save them the same way for the web. I am not doing that anymore hehe