Hooded Male Merganser

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

This was taken up at Viera about a month ago. There were lots of mergansers and one was able to get fairly close to them

Nikon D3
Nikon 600 mm F4
1/1250, F9
manual

All comments are appreciated. Many thanks.

[Randy Stout]

Judy:

Nicely captured with hood up and bill open!
Good exposure overall, with good detail in the blacks on his forehead.

My admittedly warped sense of composition wonders if a small crop down from the top, perhaps 1/4 of the free space, doesn't balance the reflection a bit better? Just personal preference.

Cheers

Randy

[Todd Frost]

Very nice capture Judy, open bill a plus. Exposure and detail are right on. I like the crop as presented. TFS
Todd

[Jim Crosswell]

A real beauty Judy! I like the open bill, reflection and eye contact in this image.

[Myer Bornstein]

Great capture of the Hoodie I like the picture the way it is

[stuart wanuck]

loce those mergansers guess you need that 600 mm

[Sid Garige]

Very nice exposure control Judy.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Liked it a lot. Unique angle to show the rather flat head of the hoodie. Very good exposure. Hoodie photos with details in whites and blacks are quite uncommon. Reflection adds a lot IMO.

[Steve Maxson]

A great display pose and good exposure control, Judy. I could see cropping just a little off the top. Well done.

[D. Robert Franz]

A really nice capture of one of my favorite ducks.... Great work Judy.

[Markus Jais]

Beautiful shot. I like the angle, the reflection and the open bill. The calm water is great, too.

Markus

[Danny J Brown]

Hi Judy - Nice shot of a very cool bird. The water looks great, as well. I'd tighten it up to show off your awesome work a little more....if you have the pixels left. Well done.