Bufflehead

[Glenn Bartley]

I am getting excited for all of the ducks to return to Vancouver Island for the winter. Heres one from last february or March...



Camera Model: Canon EOS 40D
Shutter speed: 1/500 sec
Aperture: 9
ISO: 200
Focal length: 500mm + 1.4x

[Randy Stout]

Glenn:

Nice exposure control on the whites. These guys are very shy around here, never come in to photo range, at least for me!

Very nice color display on head. Sharp, nice shooting angle. Might consider a slight crop up from the bottom because the reflection is distorted (low shooting angle and ripples) but very nice as is.

Look forward to more.

Randy

[Fabs Forns]

What a charmer of a bird! He is a true beauty and the golden water makes him stand out. Whites look a bit bright to me, but if they went by Randy :) I'm sure they are OK.
Agree on cropping some off the reflection off. TFS!

[Randy Stout]

Fabs:

There were just a handful of white pixels that were hot, but I thought the overall exposure was very nice and the details in the whites remained very good overall.

Randy

[Fabs Forns]

Fabs:

There were just a handful of white pixels that were hot, but I thought the overall exposure was very nice and the details in the whites remained very good overall.

Randy

Thanks, Randy, I was just pulling your leg :p:D

[Harshad Barve]

What a cool duck , awesome image with lovely expo , compo and sharpness
TFS

[Danny J Brown]

Hi Glenn: This is a duck that I haven't been able to photograph yet so I'm jealous. Beautiful golden water and sweet colors on the bufflehead. I think the whites could come down a little to make it perfect. Thanks.

[Bryan Hix]

Glenn, I like everything about this one. The water is wonderful. I though the whites looked pretty bright, but obviously the exposure is right on and the feather detail shows up. Nice work.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Wow Glen, Great colours here, loved the expo, details, angle and a killer looking duck this.. congrats and TFS

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Glenn....splendid work. Loved the BG, the head turn, the low angle. You did very well by not going lower.

KD

[Danny Laredo]

Glenn, Super sweet image with stunning colors and exposure.