Ring-Necked Duck

[Doug Brown]

Another Mark IV duck image. I'm hoping to get some flight shots with the new body at the Bosque this weekend.



Canon 1D Mark IV, 400mm, f/7.1, 1/1600, ISO 400, -1/3 EC, hand held

[David Gancarz]

Very nice exposure, as always, with the irradescence showing well. Is that a drop of water on the tip of the bill?

Edited after observing other photos of their bills. They do have a a little hook at the tip.

[Kerry Perkins]

Very nice Doug! These guys are quite a challenge, with the dynamic range and critical angle to get the colors to come out. Which 400mm were you using?

[Doug Brown]

Which 400mm were you using?

It was the 400 f/5.6 Kerry.

[Scott Frye]

Good job on getting details inboth the blacks and the whites -- the water droplets on the duck stand out nicely

[Rich Steel]

Bautifully exposed Doug. Having just had a session with goosanders last weekend I know it is not easy to get the iridesence showing on waterfowl heads. As you say light angle is critical. I would prefer the image with a little more space around the bird but its a wondeful portrait of the species. The mkIV really produces such great quality images.

Cheers

Rich

[arash_hazeghi]

Very nice and sharp Doug, love the HA too. TFS

Looking forward to your flight samples.

[Jim Crosswell]

Great job on the exposure. I like the irridesence and detail in this image. Well done Doug!

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Stunning duck. Love the light and clean eye. Patterns on flanks makes this one for me, congrats Doug.