Red-breasted Merganser (Ducks inFlight 2008- 2009 )

[James Salywoda]

Red-breasted Merganser
Southern, California

Taken yesterday morning this Merganser was moving in a hurry.
I really liked the outstretched neck and the eye contact and of course
the great background.

Nikon D300 AFS600 F4 1.4TC

1/2000F6.3 ISO 500

Thanks For Looking
Jim

[Ramon M. Casares]

Terrific light, terrific BG, terrific detail and sharpness, wings position, to me is not the bet, but I love this shot!!! Congratulations!

[Tony Whitehead]

Lovely, Jim. I don't know how you do these high speed ducks with such consistency with the 600+1.4.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Very cool! As mentioned, the wing position is not the best (staright up or down would be best)...but knowing how fast these guys zip by I would love to have something like this in my files!! Very well done.

[Juan Aragonés]

James I have to agree about the wing position but the light, BG and eye contact are fantastic. Your ability to capture this rockets is amazing! very well done

[Doug Brown]

It may not be perfect, but it's pretty darn good Jim. You're going to run out of species next week at this rate Jim!

[Taylor Yeager]

Superb. Love the BG and light. Are you able to track these for a while as they had towards you?

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Killer eye contact and fantastic bg/light!!!

[Nagesh Mula]

Very elegant!!

[Massimo Grion]

I love BIF shots .. and this is one to learn from .. congrats!