Green-winged Teal.

[Daniel Cadieux]

This beautiful drake swam right into the spot I was hoping very hard for. As these guys are skittish up here, I had to go the old fashioned stop and wait, and wait, and wait method for this one.

Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC III, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/2500s., f/5.6, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, small crop for comp, a few minor imperfections in the water removed via clone/patch/content aware.

[Randy Stout]

Daniel:

A lovely capture with low POV, handsome bird, perfect head angle, and great water color. The touch of blue is a good contrast to the overall orange tones.

Excellent. I might consider a small crop from the top, just personal preference .

Randy

[Kamal Hari Menon]

I love the way water and background colors are blended.. feels good

[Bill Dix]

Gorgeous colors, just the right head turn and touch of blue. I could also see it as a pano.

[John Mack]

Very nice overall. Like the low angle,pose and that light. Color in the water is great. Love these little guys.