Lesser Scaup

[James Salywoda]

Lesser Scaup
Southern California

I have a ton of non flight shots that I hardly post but I love all aspects of Avian photography.
Thanks Bill Id was changed.


Nikon D300s AFS 600 F4 1.4TC
1/1600 F8 ISO 500


Thanks For Looking
Jim

Website Work in Progress:http://www.jamessalywodaphotography.com
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[Bill Dix]

Beautiful shot, Jim. Lighting, background, irridescence, HA all terrific. The head profile looks very much like Sibley's rendition of a Lesser Scaup.

[Doug Brown]

Looks really nice Jim. Perfect head angle and a nice exposure. Sharpness is up to your usual standard of excellence.

[Craig Brelsford]

Jim, I don't see how you could have handled this one any better. Lights and darks well-exposed, and you even captured some iridescence on the head.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Great low angle..Colors are great and the IQ and exposure are really good...Great image James

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent!

[Tom Rambaut]

Sharp, again. From what I have seen on this forum, you do have some nice looking ducks in the USA.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Fantastic light, like the warm colours of the water and BG. These birds are so photogenic, they make great subject TFS

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

James, terrific exp. on the blacks without blowing the whites...loved it.

[Pieter de Waal]

Hi James agree with all the above comments, superb image with great techs.