Male red-breasted Merganser with a wary eye

[Terry Olmsted]

You snooze you lose...even taking a break he is keeping a watchful eye open.
Edmonds Waterfront Feb. 23, 2008

Canon 400D 400mm 5.6L 1/2500s f5.6 ISO 400 Eval Metering ec 0

[Jim Poor]

Really nice looking image. These guys are hard to get close to. I'd probably move the subject off center, and run some NR on the water. I think the biggest improvement would be to work on the eye A-La-Artie to define it a little more.

[Jody Melanson]

Nice image Terry. I would like to see a lower angle (which isn't always possible) and would run some NR on the BG.

[Bonnie Block]

Terry, this is a good image--needs just a bit more work, as mentioned to get the best out of it. I would like to take a bit off of the top.

[Terry Olmsted]

Thanks very much, Jim, Jody, and Bonnie for your comments and suggestions. I hesitated to bring out the eye, because I didn't want to make it look artificial. I did a "quicky" adjustment on the eye, and comp. If I am on the right track, I can go back to the RAW file and start over. I did not work on the noise issue at this point. Frankly, on my monitor, the noise is minimal (considering what I am used to here in dim light Edmonds :)). See what you think.