Ring-necked Duck

[Steve Maxson]

This hen Ring-necked Duck was photographed from a blind on a small woodland pond last spring in northern Minnesota. 40D, 500 f/4 + 1.4X, 1/160, f/5.6, ISO 400. I removed part of an OOF duck from the LLC. Comments are welcome.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Oh I love this one Steve. Gorgeous lighting, wonderful pose and excellent detail. I like how the light is hitting the water so softly giving the whole image a great felling. Over the top for me !!!!

[Stephen Stephen]

Steve I like the low angle sharp focus and eye contact. The water is nice too as Judy mentioned but I'm just curious about how the water behind the ducks head is divided almost equally into two apparently distinct patterns.

[Steve Maxson]

Steve I like the low angle sharp focus and eye contact. The water is nice too as Judy mentioned but I'm just curious about how the water behind the ducks head is divided almost equally into two apparently distinct patterns.

Hi Stephen. Thanks for your comments. I can't say for sure about the water patterns, but sometimes reflections from tree trunks on the far side of the pond can produce effects like this.

[Marina Scarr]

The water variations really makes this capture work and, from the sounds of it, you worked hard for it. You have a great angle on the duck and the light was gorgeous.