I saw these ducks for the first time at Wakodahatchee last month and was glad to to add them to my list. They are such charming birds - they're cute and I love their whistling calls, so unlike the mallards that are everywhere here in the northeast. Most of the time, they roosted on one of the berms think this time, if I recall correctly, the entire flock was disturbed by some water company employees walking along the berm so I was able to get a decent flight shot. The shadowed left wing is unfortunate but I'm pretty happy with the image despite that flaw (I didn't know they had speckled rumps until viewing this image).
40D, 100-400 IS, 400mm, 1/1250, +1.3 EV, f5.6, ISO 400
Well done Beth. Love the pose. You could go a bit darker with the highlights and probably the sky too. They do not have speckled rumps; those are the undertail coverts
I am not sure what has caused the dark outline above and below the head and neck--is the RAW like that?
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Thanks a lot, Artie. I appreciate the nomenclature correction. I was originally going to use "booty" but didn't think that was appropriate. :D
I'm comparing at the original RAW file against the image above and the only lines I see are the shadow below and the the dark feathers running down the back of the head. These appear on ducks in other images in varying shades of brown, light to dark. Am I referring to the right thing?
Black-bellied Whistling Duck
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