Hooded Merganser

[denise ippolito]

Canon 5D
500mm +1.4
ISO 200
1/1600 sec. at f/6.3
tripod low to ground

Not sure if this is good or not

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great angle, exposure control, details and wing flap. If anything, it would have been great to see a bit more of the far wing.

[Doug Brown]

I vote for good! Exposure, sharpness, pose, and eye contact are excellent. Agree with Axel about the far wing, but I'd love to have this image in my collection!

[Dave Mills]

Hi Denise....you nailed it! Great job!!

[Fabs Forns]

Well done, and a difficult exposure handled well. Good for me too.

[Randy Stout]

Denise:

Very nice exposure on a difficult to expose bird. Nice head angle. I usually see them flapping in deeper water, so it is fun to see one standing and flapping.

As a very minor point, I might clone out several of the larger clumps of mud in front of the bird. The ones behind don't bother me nearly as much. Our eye is really drawn forward in this image, so those lumps are distracting, at least to me.

Thanks a lot.

Randy

[denise ippolito]

Randy, He is standing on ice -so I guess that is poop not mud! Will evict-thanks:)

[Randy Stout]

Denise:

Yikes, by all means, boot the poop!

Randy

[Ed Vatza]

I think you did an excellent job here, Denise. So often it seems to come down to the whites OR the blacks. You got them both spot on. Very nice!

[Arthur Morris]

Love the underwing detail, the head angle, and the perfect EXP and SH. The gooey black stuff is distracting. Overall: very good.