Colourful Cape Shoveler

[Stu Bowie]

As this Shoveler swam past the hide at a wetlands in Cape Town, I couldnt resist this colourful setting of the water. In certain areas, reflections from building on the opposite side of the water create these colours. Taken late afternoon.

Canon 1D Mark IV
Canon 300mm F/2.8 +2X TC = 600mm
1/2500
F/6.3
ISO 640

Manual exposure

[William Dickson]

Lovely colours on this image Stuart. HA POV all look good and the bird is nice and sharp. Love the colour of the water. Good work and thanks for sharing

[Binu John]

Superb shot, Stu! Excellent IQ, colors and sweet light. TFS

[keith mitchell]

Stuart it was worth the wait to get colours on the water like this, beady eyed duck looks nice and sharp and full of detail.


Keith.

[gail bisson]

I always love unusual color reflections in the water!
Nice IQ and light.You also got a slight head turn which is always nice!
I think this needs a degree of CW rotation.
Gail

[Richard Flack]

Awesome background Stu and nice sharp image with what looks like good light.

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks for all the feedback everyone.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Beautiful light and a great looking bird. Excellent eye contact and sharpness. A bit of CW rot?
Happy New Year Stu!

[Joseph Przybyla]

Beautiful colors, lovely bird nicely shown. I know of the reflections from buildings. Lake Mirror in Lakeland, Florida has those reflections early morning from the surrounding buildings. Thank you for sharing Stuart.

[Jim Crosswell]

Interesting image Stuart. I like the water colour, low angle, sharpness, HA and the eye colour matches the just visible submerged foot.

[David Salem]

What a striking looking duck Stuart and I love that piercing yellow eye. Great looking feather pattern on this species and the details look perfect, but the BG is the base for such a striking frame. Well scene and captured.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image with superb water with nice colors. Rest as usual great. Love the pano crop.

Regards,
Satish.