Hooded Merganser

[Mike Veltri]

Hooded Mergansere
(Hen)

Canon 1Dx - 600II - 2xIII
1/2500s @ F/8 - ISO 1600
Hand Held - Prone

Thanks for looking,
Mike Veltri

[Emanuel Tiberi]

Mike, great shot!

[Tim King]

Sick shot, Mikey!!

[Marina Scarr]

You sure have some amazing duck photos, Mike, and this one is right up there with some of the best. Your exposure is spot on, and this is pretty impressive IQ for HH with 1200mm @ ISO 1600!!! Wish I had your arms!

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image with wonderful pose.Superb details, beautiful colors, great low shooting angle and composition.
Love the hair do and eye.

Regards,
Satish.

[dankearl]

Very nice, Mike.
The exposure is perfect and your usual nice low POV.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

How I like the pose, sharpness and colours. Low angle make this a stunner, nicely done Mike.

[Danny Laredo]

Excellent pose light and detail. Seems like a slight CW rotation in needed.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Great detail and super light. I love how the water reflects those colors at the right time of day. I also like the water droplets

[MohsenVahedipour]

Very lovely pose & light. I like the low shooting angle, wing position, great detail & nice colors. TFS

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Mike, great light and IQ, and you certainly timed the wingflap well enough. I really like the raised crest, and overall, well exposed and tack sharp. The droplet reflection adds something special.

[Dan Busby]

Fantastic in every way Mike.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Excellent flapping pose and overall IQ with tons of detail!! Low angle and resulting beautifully smooth BG look great! Perhaps a bit of CW rotation, and I'd love a bit more room above (and then the sides to retain ratio).

[Sandy Witvoet]

I'm just going to go... "spectacular" here ! Best I've ever seen of a female Hoodie! Super well done!

[Mervyn Marsh]

Hi Frank, This photo is really great.. love the bird and the pose.

Cheers,

Merv

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the pose, exposure, IQ and composition. Great image Mike!