Harlequin Pair

[John Mack]

This image was created at Barneget Jetty on 2/9/19 at 3:11PM. Image processed in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Hand held, Small crop.

Canon 5D MarkIV
Sigma 150-600 Contemporary
400mm
ISO 800
f9.0
1/1600sec

[Dorian Anderson]

Such a lovely bird, and you show the head pattern so well. I do wish the bird was awake, and I think the female isn't sharp enough to add to the frame, also without eye contact.

[Randy Stout]

John:

Harlequins are lovely indeed. Always a DOF challenge with pairs like this. The f9 helped with the dof on the birds, but hurt the smoothness of the background a bit.

Cheers

Randy

[gail bisson]

My nemesis duck! I don't have a good image of this species.
I like the sleeping pose of the drake- in fact the cheek spots almost look like eyes!
I like the perch and the BG (minus the whitish area to left of drake).
When I am faced with 2 birds that are not on the same plane I try to put my focus point on an area between the 2 birds- in this case the females' shoulder.
Sometimes it works and sometimes not, but if you have a cooperative subject it is worth trying after you get the safety shots!
Gail