You've got to love the Albaquerque zoo.....more "wild" wood ducks than you know what to do with! I waited for the swim by in the reflected color of the BG buildings. Wish I had better light on the last day of my tour for some flight shot attempts......a must do when visiting Bosque.
Canon 1D Mark lll with the 100-400 @ 310mm for 1/640 sec. at f8 and ISO 800 HH.
Roman, Nice composition. The water looks like it's painted. I like the pose and lighting. Agree a bit more sharpening. I still haven't had a chance to shoot one of these. They look so beautiful!
My favorite part of this image is the visible foot. See you SAT. I will be there in the morning.
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Pity that the focus was on the tail and not the head:) Other than that a great posture and lovely background. A slightly lower angle might have been even better.