Rosy-billed Pochard

[Henry Domke]

This afternoon in one of the small ponds at the Miami Zoo I found this Rosy-billed Pochard. They are native to South America. The drab female was coming up from behind.

I brought along a tripod but to get positioned quickly and easily I switched to shooting hand held. The layout at the zoo make it hard to get down to eye level with the duck. This was as close as I could get.

Canon 5D3
300/2.8 II+1.4X TC
f/8
1/1,250 sec
ISO 1,600
Manual Exposure
Hand Held
Processed with Lightroom 5 & Photoshop CC

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Henry,

Lovely water to compliment the colors of the Pochard. I think the image would be a bit stronger without the female in the back left corner, and maybe without the reflection of the leaf on the top right.

I know what it's like to not be able to get any lower. While it would have helped here, it's not a deal breaker. I might also consider removing some of the white in the reflections of the head. Just to clean it up a bit.

If you go back, please share!

Miguel

[dankearl]

You have nice water and a cool looking duck, I just don't like the other duck in the photo.