Pacific Loon Calling

[Alan Murphy]

Pacific Loon

Barrow, AK

D300s, 600, ISO 400, 6.3, 1/400.

Permit me to post one more Pacific Loon head shot. This one in a calling pose.
This was taken on Matthew Studebakers workshop.

[Humberto Ramos]

Very beautiful, sharp, amazing BG and light.

[adrian dancy]

This rocks! I love the textures.

[annmpacheco]

Mouth wide open.... gorgeous capture, you are the artist!!! So sharp, with definition and beautiful color and hue. BG is a dream. What a stunningly beautiful bird. Wow, the purple is so majestic, fittingly so... Thank you.

[arash_hazeghi]

love the calling pose and open beak Alan! killer shot

[anujgandhe]

Lovely water BG, execellent sharpness. loved it.

[Doug Brown]

No need to ask permission to post photos like this Alan! Keep 'em coming!

[Bill Dix]

You have my vote to post as many of these as you like. What a privilege it must have been to be there and see these birds.

[Karl Egressy]

Great calling pose and nice feather details, Alan.

[Stu Bowie]

Amazing colours on this Loon, and the showing of the tongue puts this over the top.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Please post as many as you like as they are all so cool.Love the close one here with the calling as well. Alan, does your lens have Image stabilization?

[Willem Verboom]

Very good picture of this loon. Great sharpness and dito details .

[Alan Murphy]

Please post as many as you like as they are all so cool.Love the close one here with the calling as well. Alan, does your lens have Image stabilization?

Hey Cheryl, yes my 6000 has VR (Vibration Reduction). Thanks.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Hey Cheryl, yes my 6000 has VR (Vibration Reduction). Thanks.

Thanks Alan. I'm thinkin you were dreaming of having a 6000 as per the typo? LOL me too

[Robert Holguin]

Another wonderful image. Love, love the open bill, superb detail, and great shooting angle. Top notch shot.
Well done.