Red-breasted Merganser

[Rob Melone]

Always interesting with their spiky crest and long thin red bill with serrated edges, this merganser was feeding very close to a low lying jetty where I patiently waited for the right moment.

Nikon D90
Nikkor 300mm f/4 w/1.4x teleconverter
1/2500
f/5.6
ISO 400

Manual exposure
Hand held

C & C are welcome!

[douglas hayes]

I have never seen them up close. Nice capture and detail and i would like to see his tail feathers. Not as red a breast as i have seen from a distance.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice exposure here, and the details are very good. I'm liking the wake in front of the subject. I just find the merganser too low in the frame...pointing your lens down more would have been excellent...or, if you have it, adding canvas back below.

[David Salem]

Great look at this guy and I like the feather detail and the colors. Exposure looks and the red eye looks nice too. I agree with Dan about moving him up in the frame if you have it. Well done.

[Marina Scarr]

Killer portrait with terrific light and details. Agree on the crop not being optimal for this image. Do you have any more space below? If not, I would take off more from the right and top and recrop a little tighter.

[Rob Melone]

Thanks very much for commenting. If there is any canvas below, I will recrop as suggested.

[Bret Goddard]

Rob, that is beautiful all around. If you were to send me a print, I would gladly hang it up! lol, seriously, love the detail and everything else. Grand job indeed.

[Rob Melone]

As suggested, I moved the merganser up in the frame. I hope this is better and thank you.