Wood Duck Hen Portrait

[Joel Eade]

This is a wild bird. Image is not a setup but was taken at a city park where the birds are accustomed to lots of people.

1D MKIV
500mm
Hand Held
Manual mode
Evaluative metering
ISO 800
f/6.3
1/800

Brightened the iris and removed a double catchlight (even though I did not use flash) otherwise nothing added or cloned out.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Joe this is such a beautiful portrait with great colors, detail and a killer dreamy bg

[gail bisson]

Very nice portrait. I really like the composition and the BG. It looks like sky with fluffy clouds! I like the iridescence in the feathers as well,
Gail

[pat lillich]

oh Joel, this is lovely. The female wood ducks are so beautiful and you've captured incredible detail and color with a wonderful background.

[Gary Esman]

Absolutely gorgeous shot here. The eye is mesmerizing! Congrats.

Gary.

[ramesh anantharaman]

Gorgeous portrait and colour rendition.