Sit Down Buffet

[gail bisson]

I hope I am not overdosing you with my merganser shots.
This male common merganser struggled to swallow this flounder while in the water so took it up on the ice. He tried for several minutes to get it down but failed. He left the flounder on the ice and within 2 minutes an eagle swooped down and took it. ( I was too close to get that shot)
Canon 1DX F 600mm and 1.4x
ISO 800 F 9
SS 1/2500
PP: Small crop for comp, levels, NR to BG, DE at 2% to duck and USM to JPEG
Comments and critiques always learned from and appreciated with thanks,
Gail

[John Robinson]

Overdose me all you like gail. Another interesting behavioural shot and excellnt photo excercise. Nice head detail.
JohnR

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the sharpness, details, exposure, composition, catch and open beak. Excellent image Gail.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice feeding behaviour, and I like the curved fish pointing towards the subject. Well exposed, nicely detailed, and composed tastefully. Keep them coming!

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Awesome pose, sweet light, nice shooting angle and IQ. Nowhere near overdosed, Gail. Keep them coming.

[Grace Scalzo]

Fantastic! Great action and love the curve of the fish. Were you in the water?

[christopher galeski]

very nice Gail,can not add to what as already been said,crackin image.well done.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Beautifully exposed and excellent detail I love the behavioural shot. I think the exposure is almost certainly ideal but I would see if I could tease a little more detail out of the whites on the fore wing WDYT?

[Joseph Przybyla]

Beautiful Gail, it seems Flounder is their diet right now. Great exposure and color in the bird and fish.

[Shawn Zierman]

Such a unique image of this species. Excellent technical work...exposure, low angle, sharpness...I really dig these flounder/merganser images.

[David Salem]

Another cool image of these guys feeding on flounder. What lucky ducks to have access to such filling meals. The techs look great and I like the open bill and the position of the frosty fish. Well done Gail

[Rob Melone]

This is such an interesting and well captured shot Gail. It must have been very satisfying taking this series.

[Bradley James]

Gail this is stunning. Well done

[Frank Schauf]

Great picture, nice deep shooting position and great action.