Common Loon.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Took out the trusty 100-400 the other day at my folks' cottage. It was like the good 'ol days pre-500! Still delivering quality images like the old workhorse it used to be. Photographing a photogenic bird like the Common Loon certainly helps with that!

Canon 7D + 100-400L @400mm, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/500s., f/6.3, ISO 800, natural light, handheld from a paddle boat, image rotation then cropped corners off, a few blemishes in the water cloned/patched/spot removal tooled out. Blacks on the body part darkened via burn tool, NR to all except the subject.

[P-A. Fortin]

I'm always amazed at how close you manage to get to your subjects. And this time, I can't even use the "he has that 500mm" excuse.

Love the colors on the neck, the green of the water and the water drops on the head.

[Binu John]

Lovely low angle shot, Daniel! Perfect exposure as usual! The subject really stands out against the dark green BG. Excellent the POV, exposure, pose and processing!

[christopher galeski]

nice image,some nice detail,pleasant light,love the color of the water.TFS.

[vishaljadhav]

Wonderful frame with the birds dof wonderfully managed guess the 100-400 was the best choice for dof
Love the pov

[David Salem]

Beautiful Loon image with perfect techs and a great looking BG. Very nice

[Shawn Zierman]

Classy! In the world of bird photography, that lens is well associated with your work (in my little world anyway)...when you retire you should donate it to the Smithsonian :) This is a beautiful loon image...really showcases the throat markings and colors...I dig that wet glossy bill too.

[Sandy Witvoet]

Beautiful. Great POV, detail and BG. Love how the iridescence really shows on his neck.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Dan, love the 'alert' pose, and with the extended neck, we can see the different colours so well - yep, you nailed the overall exposure. Comp works well, just enough space all round.

When you mentioned taking out your 'trusty' 100-400, I feel ashamed with myself, as since getting my 300 F/2.8 last november, I havent touched my 100-400. I always say to myself that I must take it out, but never do. It served me well, but wont sell it. :w3

[Sridatta Chegu]

Beautiful shot of a beautiful subject to compliment a beautiful background :) Good lighting with cool colors.

[Karl Egressy]

Great Loon image. The old lens still shines in the hands of the talented owner.

[David N Smith]

As usual Dan, another great shot. I like the bird and I like the image.

David

[Steve Kaluski]

Oh, and I though this subject was Randy's bag, gorgeous Daniel, nice control of the whites and excellent detail. Do you think a sliver off the top?
Interesting about what you & Stu said about the lens, I hardly used mine, it just gather dust and then I eventually gave it away, shows what a nice bit of kit it is, in the right hands. :cheers:

TFS
Steve

[mohammad reza shahab]

great low angle shot, I like the bird and beautiful background.