From last fall, a chance encounter with a beautiful bathing Merlin. You may remember the action splashing photos from back then, here is one that I thought was intetresting despite the lack of action. Almost as if it is finding the water very good. Care to join in?
Canon 7D + 100-400L @400mm, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/1250s., f/7.1, ISO 400 (settings histogram checked), natural light, handheld, a few imperfections in the water removed via the patch tool, slight crop to help the comp.
Wow Daniel, this looks nice...Excellent IQ as always, Nice Eye contact, Sharp and I liked the composition. Was this taken from hide? how far was it from you?
Hi Daniel,
I think I like this one the best of all of the ones from your bathing series. I like the single water ripple and lovely reflection as well. Great reflection and IQ
Gail
What a great capture, Daniel. Love that smooth water and the reflection. You must have been so excited to witness and photograph this scene. I hope you got some of the actual bathing as well. Would love to see one.
THIS IS INCREDIBLY GOOD, as far as I'm concerned. I also like your bathing shot. What an opportunity, indeed...the stillness of water save the one sweet ripple loop, now that's a killer. A bathing merlin, holy bats!?
Intense image here! The softness and clarity of the water contrast sharply with the piercing stare and sharp beak to give a great effect! Techincals and comp all look great.
Merlin...Between Dips.
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