Hooded Merganser

Gallery: AvianPosted February 11, 201185 views6 comments

This was shot at Hassayampa River Preserve in AZ. I had seen many Mergansers before, but this was a very good site for new birds also when we were there.

Canon 30D
Sigma 70-300
Aperture Priority
Shutter 1/320
Aperture f5.6
ISO400
300mm

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Wayne Willison on February 11, 2011 at 4:41 PM

Lookis like lots of detail, Richard. Nice sitting pose.

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on February 11, 2011 at 7:27 PM

Richard, The merganser looks good and the bird this small in the frame isn't an issue for me but I do find the blown whites in the background to be quite distracting.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on February 11, 2011 at 7:58 PM

What Ron said, I agree with. Also, it feels like it needs to move a couple of degrees CW.

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on February 11, 2011 at 8:51 PM

Such great birds. I like the inclusion of habitat in this image. There seems to be some purple in the hood whites. I tried to see if this occurs during a phase in this birds life, but can't-should it be there?

Registered on April 19, 2009, 367 Posts, 3589 Comments

Comment posted by Rob Drummond on February 12, 2011 at 2:21 AM

Like your setting and comp Richard but the whites on the branches are a little distracting.

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on February 12, 2011 at 12:54 PM

Richard,
I like the inclusion of habitat, the pose with a nice headturn. just a bit of CCW.

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