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Ian Hutchinson

Ian Hutchinson

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Red-Breasted Mergansers are a winter visitor to the south coast of the UK.
This is the first time I have managed to get images of one.
Nikon D4s
200-400 vrii plus 14tc

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Especially the first image is very good. Love the contrast with the birds colors on top of the blue water. The luck of getting the bird swimming through a smooth water surface gives really great reflection.
On #2 & #3 the bird itself is as good as #1, but the water is a little less blue, and do not provide the same depth of contrast. The bird is agitating the water and by so disturbing the fine reflection, but that's fine after all. I think you can improve #2 (most) and #3 a bit by getting the bird to swim straight, now it looks like it's swimming a downwards.
But all in all 3 good shots.
 
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My comments are basically the same as Niels. Nice techs on all three. The first shot is really nice. Beautiful water and a fairly low angle. If it was possible to get lower without bringing the horizon into the frame that would be a little better IMO. On the other two shots a lower angle would help even more because the water not as pleasing and they both need a bit of anti-clockwise rotation.
 
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