Female Wood Duck Wing Flap.

[Daniel Cadieux]

• Canon EOS R6
• EF500mm f/4L IS II USM +1.4x
• ƒ/5.6
• 700mm
• 1/1250s
• ISO 3200
• Daniel Caxieux
• Sat, 04 March 2023 8:09 AM
• Daniel Cadieux
• Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 12.0.1 (Windows)

After having performed some mating rituals, and then a brief copulation session, this female capped off the antics with an obligatory wing flap.

Canon R6 + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC III, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/1250s., f/5.6, ISO 3200, handheld, about 80% FF, raw file was very washed out therefore more contrast and saturation than usual, a few snowflakes spot-removed out, eye clean-up.

 

[Jonathan Ashton]

Lovely image though I might be tempted to give the duck a little more pop.

 

[Dorian Anderson]

Man, these gave you all that you could handle! Another excellent result from this tiny patch of water. Action, exposure, detail, and eye contact are all spot-on. I think she pops fine as presented. Good stuff.

 

[Kurt Bowman]

Love the low angle and wing flap pose is great! I agree it looks good as posted to me as well.

 

[Arthur Morris]

Love the high key. You rarely see the ladies flapping. Looks great as is.

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