This is one of my earlier photos. I took up bird photography in the summer of 2007. This shot is from late in November of that year. Hooded Mergansers are generally hard to photograph as they're very easily spooked. But this one was a denizen of a city park and more used to people. Mergansers are a member of the diving class of ducks, meaning that they dive for their food which, in the Hooded Mergansers' case, means small fish. I'd watched this one for quite some time before finally capturing this image.
This was with my old set up; a Nikon D50 and a Sigma 170-500mm lens. I shot it hand held. For the limits of my gear, I'm quite pleased with the imagine.
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