Drake Common Eider

[Richard Stern]

Photographed yesterday close to the rocky shore at Westport, NS, mid-afternoon sunlight.

OM-D EM5, Panasonic 100-300, hand-held, IBIS on, lens OIS off, 1/2500, f/8.0, ISO640.

Raw file processed in LR4, quite large crop, some further tweaking with selective nr, resizing etc. in PSE9.

Thanks for looking,

Richard

[Nancy Bell]

Hi Richard! Wonderful species. Unfortunately, due to the large crop the details are lacking. Why don't those birds come closer ?

[Diane Miller]

Looks like noise reduction has been too strong and had an adverse effect. It's such a frustrating balance.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice head turn and eye contact, Richard. It would be a rare bird around here.

[Marina Scarr]

You have a lovely subject here with good colors and a great pose. However, as Diane mentioned, the image quality is lacking. It does look as though it's as a result of noise reduction, the large crop, or a combination of the two.