I was sitting on the edge of an icy lake this morning photographing otters when this ring-necked drake dropped in, jumped up on the ice, turned his rear toward me and took a nap a mere 12 meters away. I thought, "huh, what would Artie do?" I decided that he would stop down as much as possible to put some depth of field on the critter and still get a sharp image. Thanks Artie!
DB
Canon 1D Mark IV; Canon 500/4 + 1.4 TCII; 1/320; f/8.0; ISO 400; Gitzo GT3530LS with Wimberley II splayed across my lap, all covered in cut-leaf camo.
Very cool (cold)! I always like the posture of head tucked in but the eye still showing. And this is a brilliant yellow eye. I love that you actually see a leg and foot which is a part of a duck that you don't always see. That cut-leaf camo must work :).