Male Bufflehead

[Brad Manchas]

40D & 500mm f/4, 1/3200th, ISO 400, f/5.6 (+2/3rd's). Wish I could have gotten just a bit lower, but a rocky bank prevented it.

[Clement Francis]

WOW what a magnificiant looking species and a very surreal shot

[Ilija Dukovski]

Very nice colors here, I really like the iridescence on the cheeks. The off-white plumage is great too.
I'm not sure about the reflection on the plumage from the water, but not bothered too much by it.
Great HA and don't think the angle is bad at all. One of the best images of this species I've seen here.

[Danny J Brown]

Brad - This is a truly gorgeous shot and I continue to be astounded by the sublime colors of these buffleheads. The ivory color is really striking and the cheek/neck colors are out of the park. Great shot!

[Dave Barnes]

Very well exposed and I love the colours. I might have taken a bit off the top and bottom to end up with a 2/3 frame propotion. I think the pano comp may have looked better?

[Kiran Poonacha]

This is lovely, good light, nice colours, good details, great HA... congrats...

[Ofer Levy]

Excellent image!!!

[Dave Brown]

Hi,

One of the best exposed male Bufflehead images I have ever seen.Nice job retaining detail in the whites and blacks and properly capturing the iridescence.

Dave Brown