Mandarin

[Roman Kurywczak]

Technically "wild" but well fed....taken at the Albaquerque zoo on my last day of the tour......it was quite overcast but a few sections of the pond got the reflection of color off the buildings. Getting low was quite tough so I worked on images with reflections hand held. Debated removing the bubble in front of breast.
Canon 1D Mark lll with the 100-400mm lens at 400mm for 1/200 sec. at f8 and ISO 800.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the soft light, eye contact and unusual (for you) wide crop. :) I would leave the bubble and only wish the reflection were better.

[denise ippolito]

Roman, I still haven't found one of these to shoot. I can't wait just to see one in person. Beautiful colors and sweet pose. Nice composition!!

[Harshad Barve]

Spectacular species , lovely water colors and pose here
TFS

[Kiran Poonacha]

Beautiful image, loved the colours and the reflection adds well to this.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Agree about you doing such ''wide'' crop! majestic looking duck. Love the reflexion on the water.