Red Breasted Merganser

[Blake Shadle]

Chasing one of these while hand holding the 500 over the water and manually focusing is what I like to call work!! But a lot of fun at the same time... don't get me wrong, I love every moment of it. This image was also made from my recent outing at Ft. Desoto.

Shooting Solution
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Sigma 500 f/4.5, manually focused
Manual Exposure, 1/1600 @ f/8, ISO 400
Hand held bending over above water

Thanks for looking!

Comments welcome and much appreciated :)

[Fabs Forns]

Oh, I saw them too, great bokeh in this image, good catch light and light and the hairdo is a bonus :)

[Mike Milicia]

Gorgeous image !
Great colors and pose with excellent detail !
Very well done !

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great angle, light and colors, maybe a tad oversharpened.

[Doug Brown]

Looks good to me Blake! Nice job.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

I really love the colors,pose,angle and details,nice work Blake!

[Gus Cobos]

Nicely done Blake,
Great colors and details on your duck...I like that two tone background...:)

[Freddy Franzella]

Nice exposure and detail Blake! also love the background!!

[Maxis Gamez]

Hey Blake,

I almost missed this one. Love the low angle, light, colors and composition. Keep up the good work!

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

This is what I call a cool waterbird image. Very nice eye contact.

Szimi