This is my new favorite bird. I cannot tell you how beautiful they are in real life (but I will try to show you !) Another keeper from my workshop with Matthew Studebaker in Nome. Have I told you how great it was?!!!Even with 3 days of really crappy weather.
Canon 1DX 600mm II and 1.4X
ISO 400
SS 1/3200 ( in hindsight 1/2500 would have been better)
f 7.1
Waders, tripod,9:30 PM
PP : Increased exposure by .75 on everything but the whites. In my desire to not blow the whites I really underexposed this guy. NR to BG, cropped to 15% for comp so 85% FF, dodged the black area at right shoreline, DE at 3% on loon and sharpened JPEG at 45% and pixel size 0.3.
Comments and critiques always appreciated and learned from with thanks,
Gail







Even with 3 days of really crappy weather.
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