Presumably, this is the same free and wild (heck, it flies) drake Hooded Merganser is the same bird that has been hanging out in the duck pond at the Albuquerque Zoo. None-the-less, it is not an easy bird to photograph. It is of course and exposure nightmare on its own, but swims in and out from shade to bright sun constantly and rarely gives up a good head angle....
Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens with the 1.4X II TC and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 800. Av Mode at zero was my best guess :): 1/100 sec. at f/8. The bird must have stopped moving for 1/10 second... Fill flash with Better Beamer at -2 stops.
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