Gear down ...Bufflehead touchdown

[Suzanne Huot]

It is Bufflehead time once more ,but it is still raining ,this one is from earlier on this year
A 2/3 crop usual P.P.not sure if the area around the buffleheads green and white head is slightly oversharpened or not ?
Canon Eos mk 11 1D
Canon 300 plus 1.4
T.v 1/200
Av 9.00
Ex comp 0
ISO 400

C/C very welcome
thank you for looking

[Jim Buescher]

Nice job of cloning out the tow rope from the ski boat:) EX looks good on whites, some noise on the dark back. Maybe could've opened up a stop to get more SS, but a very cool action shot of a neat little duck.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Suzanne love the action you captured and the pretty lighting. Very nice exposure as well and the flying water droplets adds a lot to this image. Many thanks for sharing.

[Danny J Brown]

Wow, Suzanne, that is some action shot and the purple I'm seeing on the head is awesome. I still don't have any buffleheads although I see them on the Missouri River sometimes. I'm jealous.

[Randy Stout]

Suzanne:

My very first thought was like Jim, he looks like he is skiing! The feet angled up are great.
Remarkable capture at that shutter speed. Whites well exposed, sheen on head well shown.

Our buffle heads are very skittish, so never see shots like this from our area. Congrats

Randy

[Roger Lauzon]

Bonjour Suzanne, great timing and awesome colours and details on the head. Great shot!

Roger

[Clement Francis]

WOW what an action shot this is... This is a true winner Suzanne

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Suzanne:


Remarkable capture at that shutter speed. Whites well exposed, sheen on head well shown.

Randy

The shutter speed is 1/2000s. I was surprised about the sharpness, too, and checked the EXIF.

Suzanne, great timing and cool pose, I particularly like that we can see the feet well. Exposure looks good and it does not look oversharpened on my monitor. Does it need a bit CW rotation?

[Daniel Cadieux]

This pose is actually quite comical!! Good action, Suzanne. I also feel the image needs some CW rotation, and perhaps a bit more crop at right. The whites on the breast seem a bit muddy...did you do some S/H, or is this individual naturally a bit dirty?

[Kiran Poonacha]

Loved this, nice timng this, loved the pose and the water droplets put it over the top.. congrats..

[Arthur Morris]

I saw this one a few weeks back and did not have a chance to comment. I am glad that I found it again. It is a contest winner in my opinion. Killer pose; the colorful "helmet" is to die for. EXP, SH, and the skidding are perfect. I believe that it could stand some CCW rotation. The head angle is dead perfect; same with the rendition of the head colors. I cannot tell you how much I love this one. Enter it in BBC please.

Do you have some more room all around? I would love to see the ORIG capture.

[Suzanne Huot]

Thank you Artie. I have reduced the original image to a Jpeg but am unsure of how to add it to this message .It was a fair sized crop so lots of room around it still

[Arthur Morris]

Thank you Artie. I have reduced the original image to a Jpeg but am unsure of how to add it to this message .It was a fair sized crop so lots of room around it still

Just hit Reply and then hit Go Advanced. Then hit Manage Attachments and you will be good to go. Thanks!

ps: I posted this last week but my Mom's internet connection comes and goes so it got lost in cyberspace....

[Myer Bornstein]

I love it. It makes me drool.
Myer

[abheekg]

great action

[fatherpie]

Stunning capture - it's got action, detail, sharpness and composition ... a definite favourite
FP

[Elinor Osborn]

Absolutely beautiful! And one question. Several folks mentioned some rotation might be good. Some of the calm water in the backgrnd looks level to my eye. Is the long line of the duck's landing splash at an angle to the calm water and therefore naturally not straight across? Or would rotating the splash line to level be correct?

[Arthur Morris]

It would make sense to me that the splash line needs to be level not matter what the BKGR looks like....

[Suzanne Huot]

Artie ,here is the original image untouched as shot ,Thanks for the info on how to repost it for you ,sorry for the delay was playing Grandma out of town in minus 31 temps
suzanne

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks Suzanne. I shall offer a crop or two tomorrow. On seeing the original, I am not so sure about the need to level it....

[Arthur Morris]

ps: I see that you did some pretty fancy work on the dark streaks. When you take a close look, you can see some problems. The bird however held up just great to the large crop.

[Arthur Morris]

There are lots of possible crops. Above is just one. You did quite well with the huge crop....

[Daniel Cadieux]

Hi Suzanne, perhaps you didn't see my question in pane #9:

The whites on the breast seem a bit muddy...did you do some S/H, or is this individual naturally a bit dirty?

The reposts do confirm my suspicion that the breast was darkened somewhat - possibly via burning. I much prefer the whites on the two reposts...

Like Artie says, you did quite well with the huge crop!:)

[Suzanne Huot]

Thank you every one for your kind comments .Artie thank you for very kind comments and time spent on this image ,I love photographing these very active little ducks as they are such fun to watch and try and capture in pixels .
Seasons greetings to you all

[Suzanne Huot]

P.S Artie . I love knitting too