Common Loon

Gallery: AvianPosted January 19, 201390 views4 comments

I managed to get this ONE shot of this loon fairly close on a riverbank when a oouple of cars stopped to see what I was photographing. Needless to say, the loon went to the other side pronto.

Nikon 90, 70-200 lens

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Marlise Launstein on January 19, 2013 at 2:58 PM

Nice! I think the green is a little distacting and his beak blends in a little to much with the water. I like his bright red eye and beautiful feathers!

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Comment posted by Christine Adams on January 19, 2013 at 3:09 PM

Thanks, Marlise. I also noticed the beak issue. It needs more contrast, I believe. Not much to be done with the green foliage however, without losing the bird too.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on January 19, 2013 at 8:45 PM

A nice shot of this bird being exposed along the shoreline - the plumage is really nice as well. You do need to do a counter-clockwise rotation though, as the water appears to be tilted toward the lower right corner

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Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on January 19, 2013 at 10:47 PM

Very nice catch.

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