Just a Common Eider...

[Jóhannes Gunnar]

A Common Eider swimming in the afternoon sun at Flatey Island, Iceland...

Although the Common Eider is a very common bird here in Iceland, and often overlooked, I think it's beautiful, and has a very strong and funny personality...



Nikon D300 + Sigma 50-500 on a beanbag...
F/8
ISO 250
1/1250

Cheers! ;)

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I agree with you, eiders are beautiful birds and fun to watch. I like the very low angle, calm water, exposure control and sharpness. If anything, I might try to lighten the eye a bit more.

Were you in the water or on the shore or a jetty?

[Harshad Barve]

what a beauty this is , thanks for sharing , '
Lovely image , nice FG/BG , agreed with Axel here ,

TFS

[christopher galeski]

nice bird,lovely BG fg,sharp,as been said I would lighten the eye a bit.thanks.

[Kiran Poonacha]

beautiful one, great looking Bird, the Low angle makes this, the details and the expo looks good... congrats..

[Subharghya]

This is Excellent !!! The Duck looks like an Angel on this Blue BG !!! Excellent Exposure and Execution !!! Gr8 Job Congratulations !!!

[Mital Patel]

this is excellent shot. everything seems so perfect.

[Jóhannes Gunnar]

Thanks for the comments everyone!

Axel: I laid flat on the shore, and my beanbag was in the water, which was only about 4-5 cm deep. The lenshood was only a few centimeters above the water...

[Fabs Forns]

What a beautiful image! Love the colors, the low angle, the calm water, the EXP control, and of course, the subject :)

[Paul Kusmin]

I really like this shot a lot and am a bit envious as eiders are quite rare around these parts.
Would almost like to see a bit more space to the right of the tail.

[Ashutosh Sinha]

Stunning image. Every things looks perfect to me; low angle, exposure, sharpness, composition, background. I can't ask for anything more except that you don't use the word "JUST" for any bird however common they are :-).

[Krijn Trimbos]

Gorgeous low angle, nice pose, excellent subject, good colours and good exposure. I could go for a tighter crop some from the top and just a tiny bit of the left. Otherwise excellent IMO!

[adrian dancy]

Nice work...nice colours and perfect pose.

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

I love it. Simply stunning water and nice low angle. Eye could not be better. More lightening would kill the image for sure. If you watch those gentleman you hardly see their eyes.
I just would add more sharpness as the bird looks soft a bit. Awesome job.

How was it photographed? From kayak?

Szimi