I captured this image at Lake Mirror in Lakeland, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.
Nikon D7000
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm (600mm FFE)
1/2000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV -2/3 ISO 280 AWB
Post processed in Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC 2017
Cropped for composition and presentation
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
Nice one Joe; sharp with a perfect EXP. Are you positive on the id?
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Nice one Joe; sharp with a perfect EXP. Are you positive on the id?
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Thanks Artie, welcome back. I thought either Greater or Lesser, I captured images of both that day. This one seemed to have a more gentle rounded, flat top head and a little larger than what I called the Lesser. Also this one seems to have more white on the side. Here is a post of the one I identified as the Lesser.
P.S. Peterson also notes that the iridescence on the Greater is green and on the Lesser it is purple.
Last edited by Joseph Przybyla; 01-02-2017 at 12:08 PM.
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
Sweet shot Joe but this is a Lesser Scaup, the black on the tip of the bill will be much, much wider, and the head is not nearly rounded enough. Still nice in any case.