Earlier this year I was at Circle B Bar Reserve watching a group of Black-bellied Whistling Ducks swim and feed. This flock of ducks was attracting other ducks that were flying by. When the new arrivals came near to a drake of the original group a fight would begin. The two drakes flying above the march, biting and clawing at each other. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.
Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED image captured at 400mm
1/2000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 400 AWB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom Classic CC and Photoshop CC 2018
Cropped for composition and presentation
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
Wonderful detailed capture of all the action, Joe. I can hear the racket and your story is depicted beautifully. Like that all the ducks beaks are open. Well done.
Very easy to get into the moment with this one. I feel like I'm there, great jobbing catching that. I wonder if taking another look at the white balance would improve this any? Maybe it's all the green in the BG that has me thinking that though.
Great bit of action and I especially like the birds on the water chiming in with some comments (perhaps barracking for a winner). DOF looks good for f5.6 and you have all the key action in focus. I'm just trying to imagine would this would be like if done from a much lower POV... yes, I'm being picky and nothing you can do about this after the event. But a shot like that would be almost off the scale, I think.
Duck Fight...
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