Golden Wood Duck

[Daniel Cadieux]

The water was absolutely perfect for Wood Duck photography. In this frame the handsome fellow swam through the best spot (perhaps strategic food placement helped a tad here). A good background for the theme!

Canon 7D + 500mm f/4 II , manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/800s., f/5, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, FF, a few specks in the water removed via spot removal tool, duck encouraged closer with peanuts handouts.

[Glenn Conlan]

Great colors well done and great timing for a nicely balanced image

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Dan, you couldnt capture a more colourful image, and what a perfect angled swimmimg pose too. Well exposed on the Wood Duck, tack sharp, and the colour of the water rounds the image off nicely to fit the theme.

[Ross Taylor]

Hi Daniel,

That spot has produced some amazing duck photos! Sometimes the reflection in the water was simply awesome like in this shot. It makes me look forward to fall next year :)

Very well done. What I like most is the duck seems a tad smaller than we may typically see, showing off a little more of the water.

TFS
Ross

[Marina Scarr]

Lovely light, pose and colors, Daniel!!! Happy birthday by the way!!!

[Jim Crosswell]

A real beauty Daniel! I like the angled pose, light, IQ and water color puts it over the top.

[William Dickson]

The special colours make this frame lovely. I like the comp and esp like the colours on the water. Nice one Daniel.

Will

[Bill Dix]

Superb light and color, fabulous in-camera comp. Awesome frame in all regards.

[Karl Egressy]

Lovely pose and background great for the theme, Daniel.