Breeding Plumage Male Common Eider


Posted by Jimmy G on Tue Dec 30, 2003 6:32 pm

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This was taken at Montauk Point Sunday while out with Ken Scheben.

Canon 1D 500mm f4 2x 1.4x, Tripod Ball head Sidekick Leveling head Sidekick, Manual exposure using incident meter -1/3 1/320 @ f16, Auto focus.
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by BrianS on Tue Dec 30, 2003 8:45 pm
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This guy must be a nightmare to expose for -- nicely done.
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by Bill Whala on Tue Dec 30, 2003 8:49 pm
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Oh man...what great colors. Excellent exposure too.

Very nice. :)
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by Alan Murphy on Tue Dec 30, 2003 8:59 pm
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Just awesome Jimmy. The bird looks great and the water makes me want to jump in.
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by AlexC on Tue Dec 30, 2003 9:24 pm
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That bird had the head of the canopy of an F-16, Cool Dude!!
Congrats!! 8)
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by Greg Downing on Tue Dec 30, 2003 9:35 pm
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Nice one Jimmy. I went all the way to Churchill to shoot these and they are right here in NY? I give up.
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by Juan E. Bahamon on Tue Dec 30, 2003 9:52 pm
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Jimmy:

Beatiful contrast of that water with the white Eider. Masterful exposure.
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by Jill on Tue Dec 30, 2003 10:01 pm
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Jimmy, Great capture in what looks to be rolling waters!!! Happy New Year!!!
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by Campbell on Wed Dec 31, 2003 4:03 am
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cool one. nice exposure, and a cool looking bird.
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by LHays on Wed Dec 31, 2003 6:42 am
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Another wonderful shot of these guys. You keep posting them and I'm going to show up at your doorstep!!
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by fredcor on Wed Dec 31, 2003 10:23 pm
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Excellent shot, despite difficult exposure metering.

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by Anthony Medici on Thu Jan 01, 2004 12:27 pm
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Wow that's white! Great job with the exposure and processing. :)
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