Beautiful Molt, pt. 2

[dankearl]

This one floated so close that I turned down the iso and popped up the in camera flash.

1/200, f5.6, 600mm, iso400, in camera flash, D610, HH

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[Randy Stout]

Dan:

A really dramatic display of one of the most beautiful of birds during the "change"

Excellent low POV, nice water, well exposed, flash work fairly subtle. Might consider cleaning up the flash catchlight, as the natural one is quite nice.

He is listing a bit to starboard, and needs a bit of CW rotation.

Cheers

Randy

[Karl Egressy]

Great eye contact, nice water and great POV, Dan.

[Daniel Cadieux]

As evidenced here, molting birds can offer interesting opportunities with their varying plumages. Ditto Randy's critique.

[christopher galeski]

nice capture,nice colors,good POV,good detail,agree on rotation.TFS.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Agree about a touch of CW rotation.
The image works very well for me. I like it.
The nice touch is those beautiful delicate small white feathers on its breast.
Great POV too mate.
TFS

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Dan, brilliant low angle here, looks like you were in the water. Great HA, and although molting, most of the colours are showing up well enough. I would remove one of the small catchlights. Well captured.