A local reservoir named Chatfield is one of the great migratory lakes in our area. The past year they raised the water level drastically and it has changed where birds forage and how we can shoot them.
Thankfully, there are a couple very small, newly formed ponds right at the entrance holding some of the excess water. I stopped there this week with Vaughn Larsen and we found some Cinnamon Teal. I returned last Wednesday and was blessed to find some Blue-Winged Teal, and caught this drake banking upon exit.
Canon R5
840mm
Handheld
1/6400
ISO 1250
f7.1
LR and PS. Added a small sliver left at final crop and blended one bright spot at bottom. As a preference, I left the water drops as there were multiple.
Note - the back and tail feathers were slightly shaded and so the darker plumage there is pronounced by a slightly off-angle from the sun.
Last edited by Brian Sump; 04-28-2024 at 05:41 PM.
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