Red breasted merganser
Camera Model Canon EOS-1D X
Shooting Mode Manual Exposure
Tv(Shutter Speed) 1/2000
Av(Aperture Value) 5.6
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation -1/3
ISO Speed 250
Auto ISO Speed ON
Lens EF500mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x III
Focal Length 700.0mm
Rather harsh lighting so I had to tame the lights and fill in the darks, the water was also very blue indeed so I desaturated it.
Very nice Jon. I do like the strong colours and the detail. Nice POV aswell.
Will
Certainly an interesting pose Jon!
Tough conditions but you've handled it nicely.
Mike
Hi Jonathan. Water looks great. Pano crop works well here. You captured an interesting pose indeed. You may consider to drop the saturation of the reds a bit.
TFS-Ross
Strong colors, but look good. Love the scratching pose captured, Jon. Almost like waving hi to you.
Nice capture Jonathan,like the pose,you handled the light well.TFS.
An interesting pose and superb detail here Jonathan.
Thanks for the feedback everyone.
I did wonder about the reds but the colours were intense on the day so decided to leave them though I did reduce the blue in the water.
I appreciate it has been said before but I attribute the detail very much to a high shutter speed.
You didn't embed the color profile here, so some folks, depending on their monitors and browsers, won't be seeing the colors correctly. Likely they will see over-saturated reds. (It looks like you converted to sRGB but that isn't enough.)
I like the interesting pose, sharpness, details, POV and composition. Very well done Jon!
Spot on Diane, I have now clicked Embed Colour Profile, it must have been like this for months!Originally Posted by Diane Miller
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