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A beautiful image of this handsome lord of the lake. My first reaction was how you always manage to get that lovely iridescent blue/green on the head. Just to play contrarian, I think it gets lost just a bit on the reposts. It's the blue ripples in the water that, to me, seem just a bit Technicolor and draw the eye from the bird. But you were there, and know what it looked like. I would take this happily in either version. I hope I'm not too late when I head for Maine next month.
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Thanks Bill:
The adults should certainly still be in residence. The chicks will be pretty big by then, and depending on when exactly you go, they may be transitioning to their juvi plumage, which I find quite attractive.
Cheers
Randy
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No problem Randy. I think with hindsight a bit more DoF would have been good too, although you would need to up your ISO some what to retain the SS, as the beak being angled, appears that some sharpness is tailing off?
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Hi Randy,
So nice to see you back posting your lovely loons.
I love, love the IQ and the detail and iridescence of the feathers.
Whites look great and superb POV.
I like the OP myself,
Gail
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Image quality looks very nice and I love the pose. I agree with Steve that the whites look blue on my screen. I like the blue in the water but think you should tone down the blue in the whites of the bird, especially the upper area of the white on the chest. If mine I would add more to the top as it still seems tight to me. Would also clone out the 2 darker and bluish spots above the beak.