Wood Duck.

[Karl Egressy]

My wifeand I just call him "the little guy".
He is little but very feisty, keeping the almost twice as big Mallard boys away.
He is more passionate about the Mallard ladies though.
Here is yet another image of our rare and only guest of his kind in the Bay.
Thanks for looking.

Canon 1D M4
Canon 300 f.8 L IS
ISO 800
f8.0
1/1600 s
Hand held as low as possible at this location.

[Bill Dix]

Beautiful colors, not just in the helmet, but in the body as well. And the open beak makes this one special. Great light and detail. Wish for just a tad of head turn. I know you've said that a lower POV isn't possible at this location.

[Randy Stout]

Karl:

Very nice colors, open bill, eye. Nice that the tans in the water match the drakes sides. POV and head turn are the only areas that could theoretically be better(as mentioned by Bill), but some things you can't control.

Cheers

Randy

[Grace Scalzo]

You captured the beauutiful colors on his head perfectly and I like the little display of attitude with the open beak. What a fine and fun subject.

[stuart wanuck]

very nice looks like a painting

[Jonathan Ashton]

Beautiful colours and excellent details in this little bird. Over here I have also noticed their amorous intentions to other species!
Just a consideration but not important, the bill has shiny reflections on it, you could fill that in with a red brush??

[Marina Scarr]

You really captured gorgeous colors in this guy, and I love his feisty attitude and calling pose.

[vishaljadhav]

I looked at it on the ipad nearly 3 times, even now its open there.
I am completely in love with this image, the bird is alert and open beak makes it lovely,
The colors are like magical, all of them on view. not saying anything else i am still looking at it.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Excellent exposure, brilliant colors and couldn't ask for a better pose. The coolest thing to me is that leg seen through the water. Nice work Karl.

[Robert Holguin]

Very nice shot.
Beautiful drake.
Love the open bill, nice details, and great comp.
A little more head turn towards you would have been nice, but it's still a terrific shot.
Well done.

[dankearl]

You really nailed the exposure, pretty much perfect.
Nice pose, I could see this a bit smaller in the frame.

[Doug Brown]

Perfect exposure and sharpness. The open bill is a plus. I do wish for a better head angle though.

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful and colorful image.

[Satish Ranadive]

Karl:
Absolutely marvelous image of little fellow.Love the extremely beautiful colors,his hair do,pose,open beak,red eye and nice blues with golden touch.

Regards,
Satish.