Autumn American Wigeon.

[Daniel Cadieux]

The only other time I had previously photographed an American Wigeon it was a very dishevelled male. When a few of these recently showed up at a local conservation area and hanging out close to shore I was more than happy to fill my portfolio with much better images of the species. These are not rare by any means, but they are usually rather shy and way too far for good photos up here.

Canon 7D + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/125s., f/5.6, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, small CW rotation then small crop for comp, a few specks in the water removed, darkened the pupil, toned down the top oh the head and bill.

[Ross Taylor]

Hi Daniel,

I really like your shot, particularly the water. Looks like you found a calm (not windy) day without super-saturated colors reflected in the water, unlike most of my results of photographing those birds. Was this an overcast day or just before sundown?

Thanks for sharing Daniel :)

Ross

[gail bisson]

Very nice Daniel. Nice complimentary colors in the BG.
PP looks good.
Gail

[Daniel Cadieux]

Thanks guys. It was very overcast...despite the slow SS this was well past mid-morning.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Beautiful bird, lovely image. Your usual high quality and standards. Thank you for sharing, Daniel.

[Grace Scalzo]

The light you had was exactly right for these ducks. Love the setting with the pretty fall colors. Size of bird in the frame works well.