Winter Visitor

[Joe Senzatimore]

We get a nice variety of winter ducks here on LI. Most times they are shy and difficult to get close to. This Red-breasted Merganser was part of a group of 6 or 7 feeding in a local bay. They never got close enough for a great opportunity , but still to hard to pass up. This is about a 40% crop which I think held up very well. Interested in your thoughts.

800 ISO f8 at 1/1600th

[Myer Bornstein]

I like it there is a nice catch light in the eye and the drop of water on its back is a nice touch. I agree it is hard to get these birds up close:)

[Peter Farrell]

I agree with you in that it "held up very well". Everything looks good to me.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Light and eye contact looks good. The whites are partially overexposed, should be easy to fix.

[Stu Bowie]

Interesting looking beak, and I like the droplet on his bank.