Female Barrows Goldeneye

Gallery: AvianPosted April 23, 2012140 views16 comments

On a recent trip out to the west coast I was happy to find a pair of Barrows Goldeneye. They are very rare where I live.

Nikon D300, 80-400 mm lens, f6.3, 1/320/

Thanks for looking and critiques appreciated.

May

Comments

16 comments

Comment posted by Gary Gulash on April 23, 2012 at 10:57 PM

Well done May! The golden water is a perfect match for the brown tones of this female. For some reason I find the females of this species harder to photograph, they seem a bit more shy than the males. No nits.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on April 24, 2012 at 12:27 AM

Wonderful water here, a perfect compliment to the hen's colours.
Nice detail, great reflection, and love the bright eye.
Sandy

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Comment posted by David Haynes on April 24, 2012 at 12:35 AM

May,
I echo what Sandy said exactly. Such complimentary colors for the water and the bird. Perfect amount of head turn and you handled the exposure well. Glad you were able to shoot this on your trip. Nicely done.

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Comment posted by Graham Brown on April 24, 2012 at 2:29 AM

Really like this may, lovely colour palette throughout'. Well exposed the detail in the bird's head is excellent. Graham

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on April 24, 2012 at 6:57 AM

Very nice May. Love the bird with a great exposure. The water color and pattern is super and adds a lot. Well done.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on April 24, 2012 at 7:21 AM

Nice one May - love the ranmge of browns through to pink. Sharp

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on April 24, 2012 at 12:00 PM

Excellent. I too love the browns in this uncluttered composition.

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on April 24, 2012 at 2:26 PM

May that bird sits beautifully on that super water,excellent.

Keith.

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Comment posted by Basri Akcasoy on April 24, 2012 at 3:23 PM

Very cute water fowl. Excellent shot with colors, sharpness and reflection. TFS.

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on April 24, 2012 at 5:54 PM

A wonderful image all around. Water and light are killer! Sharon

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on April 25, 2012 at 8:45 AM

Beautiful background water colors to showcase this lovely gal. Good detail and nice look at the eye-very nice May.

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on April 25, 2012 at 12:03 PM

A clean, uncluttered shot of a lovely duck. Excellent technicals and a sweet color palette.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on April 25, 2012 at 5:08 PM

A simple and beautiful portrait May!!! Very sharp, but I really like the colors reflected in the water. Nice Work

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 26, 2012 at 10:20 AM

Superb detail and light, May. Excellent image.

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Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on April 26, 2012 at 12:35 PM

Stunning

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on April 27, 2012 at 2:10 PM

Beautiful!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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