Female Goosander

[Deckard]

Another from my lunchtime meander around Watermead Country Park the other day:


Goosander by Pam & Ben, on Flickr

Struggled for reach with my Sigma 70-200, even with the 1.4x TC fitted, this is a pretty heavy crop.

Feedback welcome!

 

[salacalvet]

nice

 

[nelg]

Excellent

 

[artyman]

Cracking shot

 

[mark richards]

nice shot...mark.

 

[Roy C]

Nice one Ben.

 

[Deckard]

Thanks everyone

 

[IanT74]

Looks like he's on a mission!
Nice one Ben!

 

[docholiday]

Has a bow wave like an oil tanker ...... great shot

 

[Deckard]

Here's one I scared earlier!


Spooked Goosander by Pam & Ben, on Flickr

 

[geoff-d]

Lovely first image

Second one looks like AF just missed it? (background looks sharpest) - action well caught though!

Geoff

 

[bison]

Great shot.

 

[artyman]

I like the sense of urgency in that shot, perhaps he wants to be a roadrunner when he grows up

 

[Deckard]

It's funny you should say that Ken, that's exactly what I thought when I looked at the shot. Beep, beep!!!

It's definitely a snatched shot, but the bird's head is reasonably in focus and the rest of the body conveys the urgency of take off so I kept it rather than binning it.