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Northern Pintail Neck Extension.
This male was following a female around the pond, and would often extend its neck - seemingly as a sign of interest. But is was most often too far, or too obscured by the multitude of mallards in the way. I went back a few times in the hopes of capturing this behavior as a close up full-frame in-camera vertical. Bingo, it finally paid off! I may create a version with a bit more room below, but overall I was rather satisfied with this.
Canon R6 + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC III, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/1250s., f/8, ISO 3200, natural light, handheld, FF, eye work including enhancing the faint catchlight.