Hooded Merganser

Gallery: AvianPosted November 27, 2012142 views13 comments

From this past weekend. Ducks are here now. Hoping for a good winter spent with them. Nothing special here bird-wise, but this was very first light and I like the lighting affect a lot. Also, hooded mergansers are extremely fast flyers, faster than teal. So, I was happy to get this frame sharp.

Please view larger version for max details. Thanks so much.

Canon 1DM4
500mm + 1.4x TC
ISO 1000
f/5.6
1/1000
Manual exp.
Hand held

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Doug Gilham on November 27, 2012 at 7:50 PM

Very nice light Ron, and a great flight shot with good detail. Love the waterdrops about the body. Well done and looking forward to more.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on November 27, 2012 at 8:21 PM

Great detail and color! I like this better without the blue band along the bottom. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on November 27, 2012 at 8:27 PM

Hard enough for me to get close to hooded mergansers when they are on the pond - getting them in flight is a whole 'nother element. Beautifully done and great light

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on November 27, 2012 at 9:12 PM

Such a great capture of such a fast flyer.

Well done.

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Comment posted by Roger Kirchen on November 27, 2012 at 11:35 PM

Great capture. They really move fast and this one was taken at just the right moment: catchlight, wing position. Sweet light and very sharp. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Soubhik Patranabis on November 28, 2012 at 12:14 AM

Beautiful.

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Comment posted by Derrick Lipinski on November 28, 2012 at 12:42 AM

Fantastic capture, Ron. Love the water droplets; wonderful detail.

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on November 28, 2012 at 8:51 AM

A special shot, Ron. So difficult to get at this quality and I like the upper background colors. Very nice!

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Comment posted by Tom Lusk on November 28, 2012 at 8:57 AM

I like everything about this. Great light, detail and timing. You can see why these birds are so fast - so aerodynamic!

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Comment posted by Dan Roberts on November 28, 2012 at 9:02 AM

Nice job of tracking the bird to get a crisp image. Lovely BG color. Well done.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on November 28, 2012 at 10:12 AM

Wonderful flight position, kind of like a missile with the stream lined look. I like the eye contact, light and that you can even make out water droplets in the larger version. Excellent shot Ron.