Hooded Meganzer

[William Currie]

Photographed Brookwood Marsh Nanaimo BC Canon 40D 500 F4 1.4 converter 400 ISO 1/640 @ 5.6

[Joseph Martines]

Great image of a tough bird to capture!! They are constantly on the move!!

Thanks for sharing.

[john crookes]

Nice pose and behavior photograph I would work on the eye a bit and crop slighty different so as not the place the bird in the center of the frame . Might work as a vertical crop

They have mostly left our area for the north Kinda miss them but I also welcome spring

John

[Phil Ertel]

Nice capture. The open beak and head title adds interest and character.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like the behaviour you captured here...I like the open bill, and great timing to have the head fully tilted back. I agree about the comp being too centered. Since the reflection is not strong you can crop a good portion down there (about half) and that should improve things alot comp-wise. As posted another round of sharpening in the head/face area would be good.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

I think most my nits were mentioned. It does definitely need more sharpening. Not sure what workflow you have, but may I suggest that once you resize for web presentation, zoom in to 100% view and apply sharpening until you do feel it's sufficient. It makes all the difference.

Cool species and thanks for sharing. :)

[Stu Bowie]

These are really amazing looking ducks. Love the pose with the open beak, and would agree with Daniel regarding the crop.