Scaup

40D, 500f4, 1.4x, 580ex flash/better beamer, iso 400, 1/320, f5.6 in manual mode. Tripod. Raw, levels, slight crop to lhs and bottom, usm.

My last image from 2007, this lovely looking bird was spotted yesterday and so I popped down to try and get a shot of it. It was a very dull overcast afternoon with very little light to play with. I put my waterproofs on and sat down on the edge of the pond to get as low as poss. This I'm told is the first record of a Scaup on Guernsey since 1996 so it was a nice end to the year for a lot of bird watchers (and photographers).

Thanks and best wishes to all for the coming year.

Paul H

Hi Paul,

Nice to have an excellent shot of this scarce visitor. Nicely exposed and composed.

All the best for 08

Regards

Rob

Cracking shot Paul - exposure.comp and PoV spot on

Just need a teenyweeny bit of work on the eye where the flash has blown the pupil - ten seconds with a small brush and it'll be done.

Nice one mate

Happy New Year

Hi Paul,

Lovely shot , like everything about this , Andy A's covered the only nit

Regards

Andy...

Good shot, nice low angle and detail

Colours are spot on - I really like this.

Thanks all, I've amended the version on my site.

That's better - champion job

Beautiful - really conveys the feel of a winter's afternoon

Missed this...nicely processed for such dull conditions Paul.

Very nice shot Paul - lovely PoV and detail.



Mark