Harlequin Ducks

[dankearl]

I am posting this for general interest I guess as I have seen few posted here and I had never seen them close up.
Though they winter on the Oregon Coast, they are always a ways out in the surf.
I was at the coast taking Landscape Photos when eight of them came in close and perched on the rocks.
I only had a 70-200, so this is the best I could do. What I would have given to have had my big lens........

1/640, iso800, 200mm, f5.6, D800, HH



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[Satish Ranadive]

Spectacular image of beautiful ducks in habitat.
Would crop a bit at the bottom.

Regards,
Satish.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Dan, great that you captured all three in symmetrical poses, and love their colours. Comp wise, as most of the top half of the BG is out of the DOF, I would crop away that part to leave the rest of the image ' in focus' .

[Karl Egressy]

Nice finding and nice shot,, Dan.