My first decent image of this species! Though this water isn't true to my super smooth and minimal style, I really like this frame because of the complementary colors. This LA pond was full of other ducks and a water bubbler, so getting
hella smooth water wasn't gonna happen, especially as there was a foot of air between the water and the concrete lip from which I was forced to shoot. As these guys are usually on open (i.e blue) water, I thought it was worth it to get
something different. I particularly like how the shadowy surrounds allow the namesake back to pop. There was a ton of crop on water's surface, so I had to do some rather heavy-handed cloning clean-up to arrive at this result.
Canon 600mm f/4 IS II on EOS 1DX2
1/2500 at f/5.6, ISO 640
Processed in LR CC with mentioned cloning
Went 1.6 x 1 since he's long and low!
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