Loon Wing Flap

Gallery: AvianPosted July 9, 2013110 views11 comments

Loon performing a beautiful wing flap on Lac Le Jeune near Kamloops, BC. This was my first time photographing these special birds -and I had a blast. The colors, textures, lines and that sound - intoxicating.

Shot while laying flat on a deck boat using a ground pod and a Wimberley head.

Canon 1Dx, 600 ll, 1/800, f/10, ISO 800 (Pretty much my base ISO with the 1Dx to optimize ss).

50% of FF

Comments & critiques welcome

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Jerry Austin on July 9, 2013 at 9:41 PM

Very nice. Love the spread wings. Great job on the whites.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on July 9, 2013 at 9:45 PM

Nice work on the exposure Randy. Especially considering it looks like you had a lot of reflective light to contend with. The wingspread adds a lot to this image for me.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on July 9, 2013 at 9:56 PM

Beautiful, Randy. The loon looks like he was posing!

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Comment posted by Roger Leekam on July 10, 2013 at 7:24 AM

Very nice shot of a typical Loon pose & BG. Loons are hard to get right if the light isn't perfect & you have maintained detail in the blacks & whites. The head may be just a touch over-lightened as it usually is slightly darker than this (but there is some variation). Good work!

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Comment posted by May Haga on July 10, 2013 at 12:20 PM

Very well done Randy. Excellent timing.
May

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 10, 2013 at 10:39 PM

Nice catch, Randy. Looks like you had some pretty nice light and that's a wonderful pose. The head looks just a tiny bit soft to my eye-maybe a touch of sharpening there?

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Comment posted by Claude Dagenais on July 11, 2013 at 6:29 AM

Great job at exposure on this Randy, eye/head are a little soft but a nice capture.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on July 11, 2013 at 4:42 PM

Sweet lighting and wing flap Randy

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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on July 11, 2013 at 9:11 PM

Great pose, Randy. The water reflections on the loon's breast make this image special. The image looks a little soft overall. Maybe not enough SS?