Red Crested Pochard.

[David Cowling]

I watched this bird for quite a while and he never did manage to get that feather to lie down.

Canon 7D Mk 2. Canon 100-400 L Mk 2. Hand Held.

1/800 @ f 5.6 Auto ISO at 400 + 1.33 EV

[John Robinson]

Nice one David.
Love the eye contact. Grand subdues colours and reflection nice and blurred . Off to Slimbridge in the morning so might get one or two of these !
Cheers
John

[Satish Ranadive]

Magnificent portrait.
Beautiful preening pose captured. Absolutely superb colors, great details and nice composition.
I like the water ripples around him.


Regards,
Satish.

[Tony Whitehead]

Lovely colours on the head, David. Pity about the worn feathers on the back. Wonder if a lower shooting position was possible? Love that intense red eye.

[keith mitchell]

The head looks so good it keeps your eye away from that stray feather, not that it is much of a problem for me,nice work David.

Keith.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Lovely, David, what a beautiful duck. A bird I am not familiar with, thank you for sharing.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the pose, exposure, red eye, composition and I don't have a problem with the stray feather. Very well done David.

[Bill Dix]

Great bird, colors, pose. Love the eye, and the bit of green sheen on the tail. My personal preference would have been for a sliver less room on the left, sliver more on the right.