Greater Scaup

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image at Lake Mirror in Lakeland, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D7000
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm (600mm FFE)
1/2000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV -2/3 ISO 280 AWB
Post processed in Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC 2017
Cropped for composition and presentation

[stuart wanuck]

nice and love that eye

[Arthur Morris]

Nice one Joe; sharp with a perfect EXP. Are you positive on the id?

a

[Joseph Przybyla]

Nice one Joe; sharp with a perfect EXP. Are you positive on the id?

a

Thanks Artie, welcome back. I thought either Greater or Lesser, I captured images of both that day. This one seemed to have a more gentle rounded, flat top head and a little larger than what I called the Lesser. Also this one seems to have more white on the side. Here is a post of the one I identified as the Lesser.

P.S. Peterson also notes that the iridescence on the Greater is green and on the Lesser it is purple.

[Tim Foltz]

Sweet shot Joe but this is a Lesser Scaup, the black on the tip of the bill will be much, much wider, and the head is not nearly rounded enough. Still nice in any case.

-Tim