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    7D, 1/640, f/6.3. iso 500, 500mm + 1.4 TC.

    Taken a few weeks back. Getting him in clean water is a challenge. Hoping the background is not to overpowering.

    Thanks for looking and appreciate the comments.

    Gary.

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    Good low angle of capture Gary, and I like the simple swimming pose and visible tail. Comp wise, I would crop away to lose most of the reflection, as seeing more than one eye doesnt work too well.

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    Hi Gary,

    Drake hooded mergansers are so beautiful but they can really be a pain to photograph due to the high contrast of their feather colors. I like the pose and you've nailed the eye nicely but the image misses the mark due to the loss of detail in the most iconic part of the bird; the white-flanking of the crest. Looking forward to seeing more of these beauties, maybe in a little better light. Thanks Gary.

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    Gary, BG is OK to me. Nice job on the eye. With the body angling away this guy gave you a perfect parallel to the sensor HA. I too would have liked to have seen more deatils in the white crest. Although the blacks look great, exposing for the whites and letting some fill-flash do its work on the blacks instead may have been the way to go.

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    Gary:

    Good input from the guys. Multiple eyes in the reflection, which is pretty common due to ripples, is pretty distracting, so agree about a crop. I think the bigger point is the overall brightness of BG and whites on hood. So, I did a selection on the high lights, and set the blend mode at multiply, and also when back and did a second selection just on the whites in the hood and ran a low %multiply on it too.

    You can do better on your raw file, but I think the basic goodness of the image benefits from some tweaking.

    Cheers

    Randy

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    Thanks for all the comments.:) Appreciate the time and expertise! Your suggestions were right on, of course. Here is my second try. I am thinking the whites look a little better

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    All suggestions were really great and I like the repose much better as it really looks excellent as presented.

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