Another from this way-cool duck (and its female close friend) that associated with Mallards for a couple of days this past winter, which helped in making it so much tamer than most others of this species (at least for us up here). A long lens and close approach was the best strategy as many of those Mallards were too often than not in the way - in front and behind!
Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC III, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/1250, f/10, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, FF, eye-work to rid of extra reflections.
Another beautiful portrait.
Love the crop you chose.
Exposure is spot on with lots of fine detail
Eye work looks good!
I like the soft blue to ivory to tan BG,
Gail
Whassa matter? You couldn't get any closer??? Was I like best are the BKGR tonalities -- the blue (water?) on the bottom linking up with the blue of the bill, and the tan above complimenting the browns of the head.
All in all? Superb!
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There's nothing I can add here...it's perfect man...The feather detail is outstanding and HA perfect...Your efforts have paid off big style with this bird....
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