Taken today at Martin mere wetlands centre, Typical bright day but no sunshine and very little blue sky during a/noon, Spent nearly 6 hrs waiting for Marsh harriers to come up but none were obliging, had to make do with this no so common Gadwall. Have cropped about 50%, tweaked the exposure a little , sharpened and then used the blur tool under the wing as there was noise showing in the large image.
Canon 1D mkIV.
Canon 500 f4 is + 1.4 conv= 700mm
1/1600. F 6.3, ISO 800.
I love everything about this one--the incredible underwing detail, the high key look, and the bird angling slightly towards you with a great head angle to boot. The head looks pretty sharp from here.
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Rock solid duck in flight image with the creative high key approach done very well.
I think the duck's body angle and extended rear wing fit the frame and comp great.