This is another of the Hooded Merganser posted a couple days ago.
Based on the feedback that he was swimming away and the lack of contrast in the black, I found this one where his body angle was approaching, yet the head was similarly pointed at the camera.
I lowered some contrast/blacks to pull out some detail in the neck. Still a bit dark but better?
Admittedly, the water color (less electric blue) and added ripples detract a bit but if we'd never seen the prior, would our bias be evident?
D500
Sigma 500mm f4
ISO 100
f4
1/800
Handheld
Little editing in LR
15% crop







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