Female Hooded Merganser

[Daniel Cadieux]

A small group of three female and one male Hooded Merganser were patrolling a patch of open water enclosed by ice at the far end. Good thing as when I approached, instead of flying away they swam up to that ice "barrier" just behind small tall dry reeds. Nothing that a bit of audio could not help to coax them into view and closer range for better photographic opportunities...

Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/2000s., f/5.6, ISO 800, natural light, handheld while lying prone at the edge of the water, a bit of CCW rotation + small crop for comp (~80% FF).

[keith mitchell]

Dan the bird itself looks great with lovely detail and sharpness ,the way the water and the bg all merge beautifully together,fine piece of work.

Keith.

[Steve Kaluski]

Sweet Dan, killer detail, DoF looks spot on, likewise the PP. As an alternative, 16x9 looks good too IMHO.

TFS
Steve

[John Robinson]

Nice one Daniel Nice bow wave and smooth water texture. like the blurred reflection too !
JR

[Karl Egressy]

Nice low shooting angle, excellent matching water color.

[arash_hazeghi]

Nice and clean, I like the low angle, the file is a bit too small on my display and I just wish the hood was a bit more prominent

TFS

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Dan, love the light in this, together with your standard low shooting angle. Nice and sharp, and love the complementary colours of the BG.

[William Dickson]

Another lovely frame, with great detail. POV is brilliant.

Will