Common Goldeneye

[Jeroen Stel]

Wishing you all a photo-fantastic 2012!!

Weather has been very gentle but wet out here instead of the usual cold but dry... So here's one from last year around this time and hope the rain will dissapear soon...

greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Canon Eos 1D Mark IV
Shutter speed: 1/4000 sec
Aperture: F 5.6
Exposure mode: AV
Exposure compensation: + 1/3
Flash:No
Flash exposure compensation: -
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: AI Servo
ISO: 400
Lens: Canon 600mm F4
Focal length:780 mm
AF mode: Auto Focus
On tripod and Wimberley Head from hide
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja/Home stewed Sharpening-mix/ Adobe Photoshop CS5

[Grace Scalzo]

Super diving pose. The timing of this shot was on the money. Love how the tail is pulling the water up, the nictating membrane is prepared for the dive, the feet are showing through the water, and the droplets are sweet. Colors are rich,exposure looks great. I find this to be a very pleasing image, Jeron.

[Jonathan Ashton]

I think Grace has covered all the salient points, I agree a really fine image.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Great colors and I like the raised tail too. Wish to not see the membrane but it does tell the story

[Mital Patel]

Jeroen,
i love the tail part and water shape better than the beautiful bird itself.
Does not mean i didn't like the bird. superb sharp and the sheen on head is awesome with the nictitating membrane half way visible .

i wish some more room around as its too tight

[EzhilSuresh]

Very nice colours, sharp and fine details. Great shot.

[Nick Palmieri]

Great capture here. I like the tighter crop. The texture in the water is gorgeous and the colors and detail in the bird are very nice. TFS

[Sid Garige]

Jeroen,

I like of like how it is presented. Great and interesting light.

[Sachin Saraf]

Wonderful capture and great timing..

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Jeron, what a shot. the water texture is absolutely gorgeous. And the tail is quite special. great job on the whites. If mine, I'd experiment with raising the midtones a tad.