Hooded Merganser

Gallery: AvianPosted March 14, 2011126 views7 comments

Photographed on Cayuga Lake in Upstate New York. Dark gray day (What's new)This photo was taken with a Canon 7D and a 400 f2.8lens from a vehicle using a sandbag on the door. Settings ISO 640, 3000th at F4.

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7 comments

Comment posted by Carol Nichols on March 14, 2011 at 9:13 PM

Kevin, I think a dark, gray day is the perfect type of day to photograph this bird. On a sunny day the white areas are too easy to blow, but in this image you can see a lot of detail in the whites. Also a lot of nice detail in the brown area. Very nice!

Registered on November 7, 2007, 161 Posts, 1420 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Hackley on March 14, 2011 at 10:20 PM

It almost takes a overcast day not to blowout the whites, at least for me. Nice job in getthing this and even at this smaller sized image the detail looks really good. I wish the merganser was heading toward you instead of away but you take what you can get, way to go.

Registered on September 17, 2009, 302 Posts, 5535 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on March 15, 2011 at 12:18 AM

Kevin, really nice detail here and a great view of the hood. Excellent handling of the whites and blacks. The water action and "bow wave" is a big plus.
Nice capture!
sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Dudley on March 15, 2011 at 7:10 AM

Whites look good as does the sharpness Kevin. A bit of a head turn with the bird swimming away like this would have been nice.

Registered on March 30, 2007, 437 Posts, 10915 Comments

Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on March 15, 2011 at 1:39 PM

Great shot- Pretty bird with nice details and pleasant water action- My congrats, Fabio

Registered on December 3, 2010, 90 Posts, 1614 Comments

Comment posted by Dottie Short on March 16, 2011 at 1:30 PM

I concur with previous comments. I've never seen a merganser even though it's in my area in the winter. Very nice!

Registered on April 12, 2010, 61 Posts, 375 Comments

Comment posted by Angela McCain on March 16, 2011 at 11:07 PM

I like that he has his hood fully raised. The detail in the wing is nice and good handling of the black and white. Wish for a bit of a head turn.

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