Hooded merganser

[Enrique Patino]

7D, 700mm, f/5.6, 1/500, ISO 800, HH, spot metering, manual
comments and feedback welcome

[christopher galeski]

nice image,good POV,sharp with good detail,loverly light,like the pose.

[keith mitchell]

Spot on! sharp and detailed, love the water droplets on the bird, certainly no nits from me.

Keith.

[Randy Stout]

Enrique:

Excellent POV, soft light, like the wet head without loss of details, drips, esp the one under the neck.

Just for my personal taste, I might crop a bit off the top.

Wash this shot from in the water, or laying down on the shore?

Cheers

Randy

[Tiago Caravana]

Very good POV, IQ and light!

I would just prefer if we could see the reflexion with the entire head and maybe just a bit less canvas in the top. Nevertheles it's a great photo!

[Karl Egressy]

ice low angle shot and excellent head turn, Enrique.

[John Robinson]

Enrique
Superb stuff indeed. I agree about the full head reflection but no big deal.
John

[Lyle Gruby]

I like this quite a bit, the comp. doesn't bother me too much since you still get a nice, intimate view of the bird. You pulled out very nice details in this subdued light. I always love that hairdo.

[Diane Miller]

Gorgeous light and detail! I love the low vantage point. An alternative to including the entire head reflection would be to lighten the reddish tones there. If it were me, I'd do one or the other -- maybe both.

[Grace Scalzo]

I thought that I'd like this image from the thumbnail, but still opening it was a great surprise. It's just beautiful with the nice light, great shooting angle, incredible detail and nice eye contact. Basically everything one could want. The reflection is diffuse and subtle and as is, it looks fine to my eye.

[Bill Dix]

Sweet! Extraordinary detail with lovely soft light, beautiful color palette, excellent low POV. Reflection is fine by me. I could imagine a bit off the top, but love it just as posted. Congratulations on a fine image.

[Enrique Patino]

Thank you all for your comments and feedback

Randy,
I was laying down on the shore

[Enrique Patino]

How I presented the image is how I remember it being there. But this is how it looks with default LR setting, nothing else. Some work was needed to get it there... ;)