Bufflehead in flight

[coastalconn]

This is a shot that has eluded me for quite some time... Comments welcome...

 

[DarkShadow]

Ah I thought it said Buffalo head in flight at first glance:lmao: Nice Bird, I never seen one of these before. Lots of feather detail nice shot

 

[lambertpix]

Winner. I love the seamless bkgd.

Pretty hard to pick any nits on this one.

 

[tirediron]

Outstanding!

 

[sk66]

Very nice!
I would shift the gamma a bit to bring the eye out a bit more (or reduce the contrast a bit). I would also clone out the lone water line in front of him and the sensor dust @ top edge.

I actually did a quick edit, but then I saw your edit status.

 

[baturn]

A tough capture I think. Well done!

 

[bc_steve]

I saw this on your Flickr. It's nice with the reflection

 

[BillM]

Love the reflection and the little turn of the head in your direction, beautiful :thumbup:

I saw 3 of them the other day, if anyone wants a nice picture of a Buffleheads butt I'm your photographer of choice because that's all they ever show me LOL

I'm not really built for stealth

 

[WillygLounge]

Very amazing and like the reflection in the water.

 

[fishing4sanity5 1]

Great shot! I see them around here fairly often, but certainly have never had a photo turn out like that one, jealous of this one, but inspired to keep trying.

 

[nzmacro]

Yes that reflection adds so much to this. Great timing and I love those wing positions, very nicely timed. Beautiful subject.

All the best, great to see thanks.

Danny.

 

[Civchic]

BillM, this is the only shot *I* have of Buffleheads, I think I'd prefer the butts if they'd get closer: (ignore the photo title, I misidentified)


mar 20 hooded mergansers by civgirlca, on Flickr

Haha. But really, this is a beautiful photo - a really great shot.

 

[Woodsman]

Wow, great shot

 

[coastalconn]

Thanks everyone!

Very nice!
I would shift the gamma a bit to bring the eye out a bit more (or reduce the contrast a bit). I would also clone out the lone water line in front of him and the sensor dust @ top edge.
I actually did a quick edit, but then I saw your edit status.

I think the dust spot was just crap in the water. I could clone it out easy. I sort of like the touch of water in the image to add a little something. I went back and forth with the gamma, but I left it this way because it kind of is the way she looked when I took the picture... Thanks for your thoughts!

 

[sk66]

Thanks everyone!

Very nice!
I would shift the gamma a bit to bring the eye out a bit more (or reduce the contrast a bit). I would also clone out the lone water line in front of him and the sensor dust @ top edge.
I actually did a quick edit, but then I saw your edit status.

I think the dust spot was just crap in the water. I could clone it out easy. I sort of like the touch of water in the image to add a little something. I went back and forth with the gamma, but I left it this way because it kind of is the way she looked when I took the picture... Thanks for your thoughts!

I can see that, and there is the potential monitor differences which could mean my choice of gamma setting would look "worse" on your computer...
The web really sucks as a place for critiquing color/exposures...