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I was down at our local lake looking for bald eagles (didn’t see any) early this morning, and got this swimming away capture of a male bufflehead while I was down there.
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Is the cropping about right? Pretty square seemed to be the way to go.
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Z9, 180-600 lens, Nikon 1.4 TC, hand held, 1/1000th, f 9.0, 1260mm, ISO 1600, cropped to 3752 x 3181.
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Hi Dave, always enjoy seeing images of these birds because I don’t see many in my area. Yes, I agree with your choice of cropping; don’t need to see any more water. I also enjoy the going away view, which is uncommon, and the disturbed water you captured certainly indicates movement, even if we can’t see his webbed feet going:wink:. Overall, a nice photo you have here.
These guys always seem to swim away from me as well, Dave. I like the iridescence you caught on the head and the crop works for me. Whites are always tough on this species, but you might be able to get a little detail in those areas by pulling down the highlights a bit.
The crop/composition is good, Dave. And, I like the slight head turn so we can see the eye and you caught some of the iridescence on the head. Water color and ripples are nice as well.
