Female Gossander

Rubber Soul · 16 Jan 2018

Taken this morning.
f 6.3 1/1250 sec ISO 800 FL 451mm

Female Gossander 1 by Gary Cantwell, on Flickr

Kodiak Qc · 16 Jan 2018

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Sexy!

… and the mating season is coming!

pooley · 16 Jan 2018

Nice details Gary, but the bird needs more empty space on the left to look into, especially as she is looking away from the camera.

Nice light and well processed.

Mike

holty · 16 Jan 2018

nice shot of a nice bird

mufftrix · 17 Jan 2018

Nice shot you did well to get this close without a splash and gone haha! Every time I get near one even in the water they are away!

Rubber Soul · 17 Jan 2018

Kodiak Qc said:
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Sexy!
… and the mating season is coming!

Thank you Daniel.

Rubber Soul · 17 Jan 2018

pooley said:
Nice details Gary, but the bird needs more empty space on the left to look into, especially as she is looking away from the camera.

Nice light and well processed.

Mike

Thanks Mike for commenting and the advice re composition.

Rubber Soul · 17 Jan 2018

holty said:
nice shot of a nice bird

Thank you.

Rubber Soul · 17 Jan 2018

mufftrix said:
Nice shot you did well to get this close without a splash and gone haha! Every time I get near one even in the water they are away!

Thanks for viewing and commenting. As soon as it seen me, it was off.