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Red Breasted Merganser

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Posted by Dave Courtenay on January 20, 2010 at 10:45 AM
Red Breasted Merganser
Being stateside now i havent posted here for a while but i still look in most days, I have just come back from a weeks shooting in New Jersey, I have put images up of long tailed ducks and harlequin ducks on my blog over the last few days, I am going through the shoot and came across this one, I was shooting from a rocky jetty and noticed that the RBM flew over the end at the end of the day but stayed mainly out of range during the day, One evening i made it to the end and waited and managed a few images before the sun set
Hope you are all well

Nikon D3 600+1.7X small crop
1/640@F8 Manual mode ISO400

Dave
Posted by Justin on January 20, 2010 at 11:07 AM
A cracking shot Dave. Love the downward wings and the pallette of rich colours. :wavey: :toast:
Posted by Karen Summers on January 20, 2010 at 11:19 AM
great image lovely colour
Posted by Stephen Kaluski on January 20, 2010 at 12:15 PM
Hi DC, looks like the gear is producing fruit :wavey:

Steve
Posted by Andy Gregory on January 20, 2010 at 12:17 PM
Great shot, well done :toast:
Posted by Mark Sisson on January 20, 2010 at 12:46 PM
Lovely lighting on that one Dave.

Mark

:toast:
Posted by Paul Inglis on January 20, 2010 at 1:25 PM
Brilliant Dave, absolutely Brilliant shot!
Posted by Philip Newman on January 20, 2010 at 3:57 PM
WOW tremendous flight image David. :toast:

Posted by Brett Lewis on January 20, 2010 at 4:17 PM
Nicely captured Dave but seems a little contrasty to me with a few hot spots within the whites.. I'm guess it's just a processing thing but it's fine image nonetheless.

Brett :toast:
Posted by Ian Macdermott on January 20, 2010 at 5:31 PM
Very nice shot Dave :toast:


A bit tight in the frame :wink:
Posted by Nigel Blake on January 21, 2010 at 5:52 AM
A tad contrasty but very nice all the same!
Posted by John Chapman on January 21, 2010 at 5:58 AM
Hi, one word ( Stunning ). :toast:
Posted by Ian Mason on January 21, 2010 at 2:47 PM
Amazing! :eek: :eek:
Posted by Paul Hobson on January 23, 2010 at 5:23 PM
great image with very powerfull colours,

Paul

www.paulhobson.co.uk