Late Hoodies

It's taken since January to get around to processing the images from my last day out of 2016 with the Hooded Mergansers. Not as productive as previous years but I'm always happy when I have at least one morning with them.

Canon 1D Mark IV | 500L (f4) | 1.4x TC

Ladies first...

Beautiful shots - especially the female. Most photographers skip the drab female (myself included) and work on the striking males. Great shot and pose on the female.

Well done Steve.

Beautiful... another fine set Steve!

very nice set!!

Michiel>=-

cavuken wrote in post #18030518
Beautiful shots - especially the female. Most photographers skip the drab female (myself included) and work on the striking males. Great shot and pose on the female.

Thanks very much. I find the Hoodie hens interesting and they play an important role in getting photos of the drakes. They tend to be less nervous than the drakes so they'll often swim closer to me. The drakes will follow them wherever they go so that raises my odds for getting better quality images.

Red Dexs wrote in post #18030628
Well done Steve.

Thanks very much.

txcanon wrote in post #18030636
Beautiful... another fine set Steve!

Thank you Brad, much appreciated.

mikeeagle wrote in post #18030649
very nice set!!

Michiel>=-

Thank you Michiel.

fantastic series steve, i think the female was the star

Awesome shots, well worth the wait

jodelak wrote in post #18041950
fantastic series steve, i think the female was the star

Thanks, I really appreciate that.

CaptBob wrote in post #18042977
Awesome shots, well worth the wait

Thanks very much Bob.