
- Canon EOS 7D
- EF500mm f/4L IS II USM +1.4x
- ƒ/8
- 700mm
- 1/1600s
- ISO 800
- Daniel Cadieux www.dancadphotography.com
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- Sun, 25 January 2015 10:12 AM
- Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
For many of you a Northern Shoveler is not that unusual, but for us up here having an over-wintering one is a big deal...and having it tame is an even bigger deal. It's been photographed a lot, and by many people, most of us that had never seen one up close before. Unfortunately it is mingling with a bunch of mallards that tend to get in the way, but it is kind enough to allow tight portraiture. Here I was glad to have this neat preening pose showing off the many comb-like serrations that it uses to filter out water while trapping food. I like the look it was giving me here!
Canon 7D + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/1600s., f/8, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, about 80% FF, a few flecks on the plumage spot-tooled out.