Wood Duck Couple.

[Karl Egressy]

This shot was taken in High Park, Toronto where these bird actually nest as I heard, but never had the fortune of seeing the little ducklings.
Thanks for looking.

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Manual Exposure
Tv 1/320
Av 7.1
ISO 800
Lens EF500mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x

[Dan Behm]

Karl,
So nice to see the pair together, only wish the hen was looking our way. The perch is interesting and leads the eye to the hen, Great water colors and exposure, I like the reeds reflecting into the water as it adds Interest. Perhaps consider a 3x2 crop eliminating the horizontal reeds topside, superb as is. Hopefully you catch up with the chicks in the spring!

Dan

[Randy Stout]

Karl:

Nice exposure, light angle to left gives some modeling effect and depth, good DOF for the couple.

I could see a pano version, cropped from the top to just below the horizontal yellow reeds.

Cheers

Randy

[Stu Bowie]

Karl, great view to show off the different colours between male and female. Super pose from the male, and Randy's idea of cropping off from the top will work nicely.

[Karl Egressy]

Thanks Stuart, Randy and Dan.
I should have noticed that the top looked a bit messy.
Here is the new crop.

[Randy Stout]

Dan:

I am sorry I missed your recomendation on the crop, we were probably typing at the same time. I would have credited you for the suggestion if I had seen yours first.

Cheers

Randy

[adrian dancy]

Nice work Karl ...the crop is an improvement.

[dankearl]

Nice Karl, I posted one of my own after seeing this. I like your perch and the water BG.

[Jim Buescher]

Nice pair image Karl. I like the angled perch and the positions of the ducks in the frame. Repost looks good.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Great colors, neat perch and nice to have two. I too wish for a better HA on the female but this just kinda tells a different story and I like that too.