Red Phalarope bathing

[gail bisson]

Taken in Barrow, Alaska 2014
Canon 1DX 600 mm and 1.4x
ISO 800 F 7.1 1/1250
Cropped, levels, NR to BG and USM to JPEG.

[Bill Dix]

Lovely light and nice bathing shot. Love the head draped in water, and though I wish the eye were open, I'll admit I close my eyes too when dunking my head.

[Pao Dolina]

Now that's an image i would love to get one day. Great catch

[Jonathan Ashton]

Lovely bird and of course the image is of the bird I like the water spilling over the head and bill. The colours look ideal.
(The water looks so smooth and almost featureless in the background. I personally would not have applied NR).

[John Robinson]

Good action grab on this one. They don't hang about do they ?
JohnR

[Walker Noe]

Cool bird with interesting behavior. I like the BG as is.

TFS
Walker

[dankearl]

Cool water splash...
For a bathing photo I might have cropped it a bit larger in the frame if possible..

[christopher galeski]

nice bathing pose,nice soft blue BG,good details.

[Daniel Cadieux]

The water curtain draping down, and the two drops floating in front of the subject are my favorite parts. Very nice (and tranquil) bathing image.

[Kirk Benson]

Beautiful image Gail... I really like the contrast of the wonderful colors and patterns of the RP against the gorgeous pastel blues of the water. Very cool to see the water washing over the face, eyes closed don't bother me a bit because that's the behavior. Very well done and a real pleasure to see.

BTW... Feb's theme is bathing, this should be included.

[Ed Kelly]

The suspended drops over the water is icing on the cake. Beauty.

Ed