Northern Shoveler

[Bill Dix]

I've always found this species to be skittish, not letting me approach too closely. When I saw a pair shoveling their way up a small channel against the outgoing tide at Brigantine last week, I sat upstream and waited until they came close, apparently oblivious to me (maybe it was my new camo parka?). I took a number of frames, but liked the balletic pose of this one.

D90 | 500f4 + 1.4x | ISO 640 | 1/2000s @ f/8 | -0.7 EV

[arash_hazeghi]

nice look and low angle, they are skittish always turn their butts on you and float away!

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Bill, I love the low angle and yes, the pose is very pretty! BG complements the bird very nicely too.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Bill, out here, they do get close at some urband spots but as Arash said, hard to get good angle on them. You got a nice one here....and with a good pose. You've handled the contrast here very well too...I find Shoveller drakes challenging to expose and process. Wishing for a better BG.

[Pieter de Waal]

Bill lovely colours and nice action captured. Like the eye contact and the way you have captured the bill at just the right depth in the water.

[Manjeet & Yograj Jadeja]

lovely pose and nice detail