Mandarin

[William Dickson]

Canon 1DX
f/4 500mm
f/6.3
1/640
ISO 3200

A male Mandarin Duck in breeding plumage, Loch Lomond, on a rather cloudy day.

Will

[kevin Hice]

Beautiful,may be cloudy but the duck isn't. Bright and sharp love the composition.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Wonderful perspective... I like everything about the image. Thank you for sharing, Will.

[David Roach]

Pretty much perfect. And at ISO3200 super clean... TFS

[David Cowling]

The head on aspect could'nt be any more perfect. the bird is looking straight down the barrel. Colours and detail lovely. I might have tried a crop with the bird exactly centered but that is a personal thing. Lovely image.

[Isaac Grant]

Nice head on shot here. Looks good for that ISO (not possible on my d850 by the way). Nice details as well. I would lower the yellows in the shot a bit. Not sure if you selected a cloudy white balance or not but I think there is a slight yellow cast that would easily be removed by lowering the yellows maybe 10-20 points.

[John Mack]

Such a cool looking bird. Nice head on view. Details look great.

[William Dickson]

Thanks for the comments, appreciated.

Will

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the direct pose, details and I could see this cropped as a square. These ducks are so cool looking. Nice image Will.