Eurasian Wigeon

[Paul Kusmin]

was lucky to come across one of these yesterday, not nearly as common as their American counterparts.

Exposure: 1/250
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 500 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: +1/3 EV
Flash: On, Return detected
A-priority

D300 + 500mm f4 AFS

Thanks for looking.

[Katherine Enns]

Hi Paul! Lovely shot... was this at Reifel??

Kat

[Joe Senzatimore]

Beautiful looking duck captured very well. Might try to take the green area out of the BG. I think this image is worth the effort.

[DustinFinn]

I love everything except the green things in the background, would love for them to go away.

Mouth open a super plus for me - was it close to the shore line or were you on a kayak ? The angle is really nice.

[LouBuonomo]

Lovely duck, agree with the posts above.

[Matt Vosniak]

I am really liking that you got the open bill Paul. The details in the duck are sweet. I never knew the chest was this pink looking. Well captured.

Matt

[Paul Kusmin]

Thanks for the c&C everyone, i was laid down on a wooden dock at a little urban lake in Vancouver called Trout Lake and the birds were coming in fairly close to the dock.
Avoiding getting the submerged shopping cart and floating beer cans in the shot was the tricky part.

[Myer Bornstein]

Lovely shot and I would agree about removing the green areas from the background

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Very well exposed. Excellent shooting angle as well. Open beak as always a plus. Loved the water texture a lot. Congrats.

[Dave Leroy]

Very nice image Paul. I really like the exposure and good for you to catch the expresion on the duck. Dave