Goosander

[William Dickson]

Canon 1DX
f/4 500mm with 1.4
f/6.3
1/800
ISO 1600

This one is from the loch side on a wet and windy day. I always found it quite difficult getting close to these birds in my part of the world. On this occasion I managed to get low down in a reed bed, and he swam quite close to me.

Will

[Kirk Benson]

It does indeed look cold and windy with that chop on the water. Properly exposed with good color and detail Will. Nicely done. :-)

[Isaac Grant]

Love this one William. Excellent close up and details. This is about as good as any shot I have ever seen of Common Merganser. Love the tilted head and the water droplets as well. Great job on this one.

[Gerhard Weldhagen]

Bird looks sharp, well exposed and have excellent eye contact. No nits from me, well done.

[Daniel Cadieux]

These guys are tough to get close to on this side of the pond too, at least in my parts! Neat portrait. The only thing is that it is unfortunate that its' chest reflected on the lower part of the eye. All else is top notch and very appealing!

[Ryan von Linden]

Agree with the other comments already posted, very nice portrait with great detail.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Well done Will - love the detail and colours, I appreciate it would have taken patience to get this shot.

[William Dickson]

Thanks for the comments and views, much appreciated.

Will

[Stuart Philpott]

Lovely take on this stunning male Will,I'm hoping to see some myself soon. The detail and irridescence in the head is awesome love the waterdroplets !!

stu