Red Throated Loon calling

[gail bisson]

Canon1DX
F 600mm II and 1.4X
ISO 400
F 9.0
SS 1/1600
PP- Raised exposure by .5, cropped by ~ 30% so 70% FF, levels, DE at 5%, increased saturation and USM to JPEG
Comments and critiques always learned from and appreciated with thanks,
Gail

[Neil Nourse]

Gail, Beautiful calling pose. I think the DOF is perfect. Really liking the shore line in the background as I feel it gives great depth to the image.
TFS Neil

[Grace Scalzo]

The calling pose of this bird is just wondeful and the colors of your image are beautiful.

[Marina Scarr]

Lovely calling pose and great colors on this one. I imagine the bird is calling to its mate!

[mohammad reza shahab]

very nice calling pose .beautiful background and colors.

[MohsenVahedipour]

Very nice calling pose & Shooting angle. Lovely water color as well as BG.

[Satish Ranadive]

What a wonderful feathers details you have captured here.
Excellent image Gail. Love the up turn open beak (calling pose),great exposure,low angle,lights,beautiful colors and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent calling pose, details and pose, I would crop tighter. If you had raised your rig a bit you could have avoided the shoreline for a clean water BG although the shoreline isn't that distracting as is.

TFS

[dankearl]

I think this is outstanding, just a great pose and I envy anyone who gets to get close enough to photo these beautiful birds.
I like the horizon, it gives a sense of place for me.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Killer shot Gail. One of these days I will visit the Loons and get my shot at them. I agree about the shoreline but I like it as presented as well. Just a different option. Love the dof and detail on the loon

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Gail, love the detail on the head, good calling pose, and the low shooting angle workss well. I feel you have placed the Loon perfectly in the frame, and I do like the colour of the water.

[Frank Schauf]

Excellent shot with very nice soft background.