Hooded Merganser Wing Flap.
After a short bath she predictably rose up and flapped her wings to rid excess water. I gave her bonus points for rotating towards me just before doing so.
Canon 7D + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/320s., f/5.6, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, slight rotation and cropped for composition, bright area in the BG blended in via low opacity clone stamp, darkened the pupil.
Lovely image, Daniel. Nice angle, love the blurred wings (I took note of your shutter speed), perfect background. Thank you for sharing.
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
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Amazing photo, Daniel! Love it!
Nice image,like the flapping action and water drops,nice soft light.TFS.
Hi Daniel great wing flap image , i really like the blurred wings !!!.
Nice tones and colors , the low POV is giving the image the final touch !!!
Nice job all around .TFS Andreas
Daniel, great composition, well chosen SS. This is a lovely image. Not sure what the light situation was, but it looks just a bit flat. I suspect one of the cloudy days in Ottawa? Loi
Another good piece of photography Dan. Love the 'shaking' of the wings and the priceless expression on the birds face. Nice one
Will
Nice image, love the low shooting angle and pose, Daniel.
What An Shot you have here .......
Love the Level of the shot, i love the low angle of the camera.
Love the colours , the details on the bird face and body, love the blurred wings.
TFS.
These littler birds are FAST on the wing flap! Great choice on SS... blurred wings direct our focus to that pretty face. Blurred water droplets work well too. BG and FB provide a good environmental "framing".
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