Red-throated Diver Wingflap

[Bill Dix]

Another from Iceland, shot at 10:00 pm on 7 July. I have some others with full-extension, but I liked this partial wingflap as well.

D7200, 500f4 + 1.4 TC, ISO 800, 1/2500s @ f/7.1 manual.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image of beautiful bird. I like the partial wingflap and it's reflection.
Beautiful composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[annmpacheco]

Hi Bill, I like the wing position bc you have great detail of the many feathers underneath! The throat and eye really stand out and good exposure on the whites here. well done.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Good choice for the wing position, Bill. Love the light we had that night. Beautiful feather detail captured, and I like the elongated feather reflection created by water ripples. Nicely done.

Geoffrey

[Bill Dix]

Thank you Satish, Ann and Geoffrey.

[Randy Stout]

Bill:

Lovely loon, I like the partial flap, when facing the camera, does show the wing texture well.

I might consider softening the background every so slightly, as I find my eye wandering up there a bit too much. I really like that there is something back there, but would soften it just a bit.

Cheers

Randy

[Bill Dix]

Good idea Randy. I'll give it a try.

[arash_hazeghi]

Hi Bill, love the low angle and the BG, dynamic pose. but for me the image, particular the head looks soft. Was the RAW sharp?

TFS

[Bill Dix]

Hi Arash. I'm afraid this is another one that falls into the category of "almost sharp". I liked it for the same reasons you did, but almost didn't post it because the RAW file was not quite razor sharp as I would have liked. Unfortunately, that seemed to be the case with many of the images I made that night. I came away with some good sharp ones, but not as many as I would have liked or expected.