Handsome fella

My first ever semi decent shot of a male Goosander.
High ISO of 2000 looks ok I think?
York Uni West campus
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[Thom Mitchell]

Looks good, even at ISO 2000!

[KoalaGardens🐨]

wow that head!

[Jesika]

@rhoing thanks. It’s experimental, I rarely venture above 1000 ISO but sometimes you need to accept a bit of noise if conditions are not very good. It was ok today, so perhaps not necessary but we need to test the camera as well as ourselves, don’t we?

[Jesika]

@koalagardens thanks, the boys are usually so far away in the darkest part of the lake I just get a messy picture . I’m happy with what I got today and the experimental high ISO.

[Sue Cooper]

That's a great shot and worth waiting for. Well done.

[Sue Cooper]

Fav.

[Jesika]

@susiemc thanks, only taken about 20 years!

[Milanie]

This is a beauty

[Richard Brown]

Looks great!

[Jesika]

@milaniet @rjb71 thank you both. I was really pleased to see a male so close to the side of the lake in a sunny area.