Northern Shoveler.

[Karl Egressy]

I took this picture yesterday, early in the morning.
The Pond is receding more and more as we have not had enough rain this year.
The water level of Lake Ontario is down also.

Canon 1D Mark IV
Canon 500 f4.0 L IS + Canon 1.4x TX
Manual setting
ISO 800
f 6.3
1/1000 s
Laying on the mud flat with some large plastic garbage bags under, using ground pod and Jobu Junior.

[Lorant Voros]

Very nice low angle and beautiful golden colors. Love the water dripping off the beak. I'd be tempted to tone down the bright area in the chest and the wet spots close to the beak. Nice one, Karl.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

A beauty Karl, great golden light, water dripping and low angle.

[Melissa Groo]

Karl, this is just breathtaking. Those golden warm colors, your low angle, the water dripping, the background. Pretty splendid overall. I would just try to tone down the bright whites at chest.

[Mike Milicia]

Gorgeous water and light with nice pose and comp ... nicely done, Karl!

[gail bisson]

Love the gold colors and the dripping water droplets.
Would clone out the specular highlight on bill and I see a need for a hint of CW rotation.
A really beautiful shot!
Gail

[Jim Crosswell]

Great image Karl! I like the colours, low angle, IQ, pose and composition.

[gareth thomson]

Really beautiful, artistic shot. Love the water and of course the color scheme. And the bird is even clean! Whenever I see them, their heads are all covered in mud.

[dankearl]

Beautiful Karl.
The colors and and angle are terrific.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Great light, colors and low angle. I am getting excited for the arrival of these guys again this year. Hopefully my lens will be in great working condition this time around! I too would be tempted to tone it down just a bit.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Very nice one. Warm nice light and water colour. Really nice image indeed.

[Satish Ranadive]

Absolutely superb image.Love the bird with nice colors.great golden light and water dripping from the bill.

Regards,
Satish.

[Robert Holguin]

Terrific shot.
Love the golden colors, great pose, I really like the water drip, and great comp.
Very well done.

[HadiAnsari]

great golden light.Love the water and of course the color scheme

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Beautiful details, colors! The dripping water is great and adds a bit more to an already wonderful image. There is one spec on the left side that I would clean up. But the rest is something else!

[MohsenVahedipour]

Excellent soft light & shooting angle. I like great IQ, lovely colors & water dripping. TFS

[Frank Schauf]

Great picture, nice deep shooting position in front of a perfect backdground, Karl.