Male Bufflehead.

[dankearl]

2DS_6413bp2.jpg

D500, 500pf, f5.6, 1/2500, iso2800

[gail bisson]

Pretty darn good! These little ducks are so freakin' fast!
Good wing position and whites look awesome.
I see some noise in the wings-easy fix.
I could see a version with a bit off the bottom and same amount replaced at top of frame. And that white line in the water just below duck painted in with some color or burned.
Gail

[John Mack]

Love how you have caught the colors on the head here. Nice flight pose as well. These are fast little guys.

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent Dan, love the dynamic pose ! good details too agree with Gail re. a bit of noise, should be easy to remove

TFS

[Mike Poole]

This is superb Dan, full upstroke, trailing water drops, square to the sensor - top notch. Nit picking head on - I think you could do with burning in the vertical line of whites in the water stemming form the head, they catch the eye a little.

Apart for that, its a truly excellent frame

Mike

[Dorian Anderson]

Excellent flight capture - these guys are small and speedy! You did really well given tough lighting conditions. Details are good - not great - but that's a product of higher ISO and what I presume is a significant crop given how skittish this bird usually is. I agree a bit more NR would be good.

[William Dickson]

Well done Dan....this is looking sweet. Got to agree with all the comments...Good work

Will

[Bill Dix]

Oh, now this is really sweet! I'm a fan of any Bufflehead shot, since I find them so hard to get; but to get one in a perfect flight pose is superb. Noise noted and easily fixed; detail looks good on my screen. Gail's comp suggestion sounds good to me. In any event, a very good capture of a tough birdie.