Rare for our parts...only 15-20 individuals sighted here since 1970! I thought I'd go visit it, and hope for it to be on the near shore of the Rideau River and come close if so...it did, enough for full-frame head portraits at one point! This is a female that has found her way to Ottawa, very drab compared to the amazing male of the species, but quite attractive in her own way!
Canon 7D + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/400s., f/5.6, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, cropped for comp (about 80% FF), darkened the pupil, reduced the bluish cast on parts of the plumage.
Great capture Dan. The bird looks good and fits the frame perfectly. Pervect POV and HA. Harlequin are rare over here aswell. Well done and thanks for sharing.
Nice duck Daniel.
I wish all the bird was in light but not easy sometimes. If mine, I would tone down the light in BG as it seems a bit on the bright side.
Always a great day when you get an image of a rare duck.
I like the low POV and the IQ on the face.
I wonder if this image could use a touch more contrast or a boost of black in the neutrals in selective coloring?
I agree the BG above the bird is a bit bright and would decrease the exposure on this area or perhaps selectively increase the saturation in the blues on the BG.
Lovely image as is but I think a few tweaks would elevate this fine image,
Gail
"Rare" Harlequin Duck.
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