Mandarin Duck

[William Dickson]

Canon 1DX
f/4 500mm
f/6.3
1/800
ISO 3200

Mandarin Ducks are rarely seen in Scotland, but, I discovered that they had bred at Loch Lomond. I went there on Saturday, and found 5 males and 2 females on a river near to the loch. They were swimming under lots of overhanging trees, and the weather was dull and overcast. Occasionally some would come out into the open where I managed to capture quite a few shots of this beautiful duck.

Will

[Geoffrey Montagu]

What a great capture, William. A striking beauty and love the wake in front pushing into smooth water.

Geoffrey




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[Joseph Przybyla]

I like it, Will. Nice low POV, the wake in front of the bird really indicates motion. I wondered if you had the full reflection. The water in front of the wake appears calm, maybe a vertical showing the whole reflection if you have it. Just a thought. Thank you for sharing.

[William Dickson]

Thanks for the comments guys, I did have some more Joe, but unfortunately the reflection was broken. It didn't look good. I thought about the crop for a while, then decided with this one.

Will

[Tim Foltz]

William, nice angle, love the crystal wake, image looks like it's on a bit of an angle but other than that image is sharp and well exposed.

-Tim

[Alex Becker]

This is awesome -- I love the colors, detail, and water being gently pushed here. Maybe just me but I think it could benefit from a very slight clockwise rotation? Thanks for sharing this -- this is a bird I can't wait to see.

[keith mitchell]

Agree a slight rotation ,you can see that dull weather that you referred to Will,very well done getting what you have got,duck looks great.

Keith.

[Adhika Lie]

Very very beautiful, Will! The rotation noted, the bow wave made the image for me.