Hooded Merganser

[arash_hazeghi]

Not exactly my cup of tea but with the recent drought raptor population has declined in this area. I found this little Merganser in the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco last weekend.

Attachment 151174

Shot with the 1DX and 300 f/2.8II + 2X III. ISO 1600, f/5.6 at 1/640sec. hand held. processed with DPP4. The green is reflection from the trees

[Karl Egressy]

Striking IQ, beautiful pose in green water.

[shane shacaluga]

Great display of colours on this image. IQ very nice and low POV works well. I like the clean waterline and reflections on this one

techs and PP top class as usual

TFS

[Satish Ranadive]

Wonderful image of handsome bird with lovely hair do.
Magical colors in the frame. Tacksharp, beautiful BG,reflection and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Not an easy species to get close to over here. Awesome details and great green colours in the water. I like the comp. I get the feeling the image may need a bit of CW rotation?

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the water color, sharpness, details, exposure and composition. Very well done Arash.

[Andreas Liedmann]

HI Arash lovely colors and tones . Like the green FG and BG a nice color contrast to the subject . If this was mine i would try to reduce the sharpening in the HL , does look a bit too crunchy for my taste .

TFS Andreas

[mohammad reza shahab]

Hi Arash, lovely water color and pose. Great details & comp .

[Bill Dix]

Beautiful little Hoodie hen, just lovely against the green reflection. Good pose. I, too, feel it's just a bit crunchy.

[arash_hazeghi]

Thanks everyone, I didn't sharpen this frame much the head looks a bit sharper because of direct sunlight

best

[amir alimoradian]

Striking IQ, beautiful pose in green water. I get the feeling the image may need a bit of CW rotation?

[David Salem]

Great looking frame Arash! Nice to see you shooting some waterfowl!! Beautiful colors.