Common Goldeneye

[Glenn Bartley]

I absolutely love Vancouver Island in the winter months. From December through March there are so many opportunitied for bird photography. Ducks are especially prevelant and we are blessed to have some unbelievable hotspots here.

Here's one from yesterday :)



Camera Model: Canon EOS 50D
Shutter speed: 1/2000 sec
Aperture: 5.6
Exposure compensation: +2/3
ISO: 400
Lens: EF500mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x

[Rafael Rodriguez Mojica]

Wow, very nice male of Common GoldenEye. Are this species approachable? What impress me the most is your ability of capturing a nice bif with that set-up.

[Glenn Bartley]

They are generally pretty shy...but here on Vancouver Island they are pretty tame...

[Harshad Barve]

Another excellent image Glen , lovely wing pose , compo and details here , Killer BG
TFS

[Kiran Poonacha]

The slightly going away pose with that HA, make this work very well, loved the details and comp too.. congrats..

[George Scott]

Great image Glenn, the Common and Barrows are showing up in good numbers down here also so hopefully I'll get a chance to get some keepers like this one! Great flight shot, love the underwing detail and the fact that you managed to get that green head colour and keep detail in the blacks - which isn't so easy to do without completely blowing out the whites. Great quality of light up in BC! Congrats.

[Suzanne Huot]

Nice days work with this one Glenn

[Krijn Trimbos]

This is basically the shot I have wanted ever since I saw these beautiful ducks for the first time. lovely wing position, BG, exp and very subtle HT. Great shot Glenn!

[arash_hazeghi]

nice wing position and flight angle, sharp too. Would love to see 1024 pixel wide photos. TFS

[bobby]

Spot on white exposure, love the BG.

[RakeshDhareshwar]

The wing angle, expo on the whites and the detail makes this for me.

[Nagesh Mula]

Good capture Glenn, the upward wing movement and head angle. Congrats!!
Yeah with 500, 1.4x definitely there are many opportunities and hotspots even in California :-).

[James Salywoda]

A species on my want list awesome shot of it as well Glenn.