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Northern Shoveler Flashes Some Color
I spent last week in Southern California in a few different photography locations. We had rain for several days but got some sunshine on my last morning there, so I went out for a quick shoot. This Shoveler drake gave me a nice look in some glorious sunshine.
Canon 1Dx2, 600mm + 1.4x, f/5.6, 1/2500, ISO 500, manual exposure, hand held
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That's just about the perfect Shoveler flight image, in my book. Shows his gorgeous colors to full advantage.
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colors are beautiful nice flight
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Hi Doug, yep, its all about the light. You certainly nailed the flight pose showing the full down stroke of the near wing. Overall, tack sharp, well exposed, and the colours show up nicely. Only one droplet. 
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Perfecto Doug, slam dunk gorgeous. Love the iridescence and the whites on the top chest with droplets are well defined. just wonderful, exposure, wing position, HA, it is all top shelf.. Congrats
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Man is this nice! Agree that this is basically perfect. Pose, exposure, details, background and in perfect light. Just superb.
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Doug this is amazing wonderfully caught beautifully exposed. This is an absolute gem - certainly competition material.
Agree with Stu..... another water droplet or two??
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Wonderful shot. Beautiful colors and light.
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Love the color on this shoveler & the light.
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Man, you sure had a good trip even though it was a rainy week out here. Saturday morning was a break in the rain and you got another killer duck IF frame. Love the pose and the beautiful lit speculums. Great details and Perfect exposer with nice clean whites. Well done Buddy
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Killer flight pose on this stunning drake, and the colors just pop. As we agreed, it only takes one good bird.
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This is a really striking image - the colours pop without blowing out.
An excellent piece of work.
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Thanks for the comments everyone!
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doesn't get much better than this Doug!
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Originally Posted by Stu Bowie
Hi Doug, yep, its all about the light. You certainly nailed the flight pose showing the full down stroke of the near wing. Overall, tack sharp, well exposed, and the colours show up nicely. Only one droplet.
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