Mallards fight

[Sid Garige]

A brutal fight I witnessed few months back at Estero. Went on for arund 2 mins.
Canon 7D 500mm F4
1/1600 F11

[Randy Stout]

Sid:

Tremendous action here with poses and flying water. Good job getting both heads in a pretty good plane, good shooting angle.

The major distraction for me is the large clump of light trunks on the shore line. I would consider toning them down to keep our eye on the ducks.

Cheers

Randy

[Arthur Morris]

Sid, These are Mottled Ducks (or as many would say, Mallard X Mottled hybrids). Spectacular image with killer head positions and a perfect EXP and great sharpness. Curse the stringy weeds on the shoreline...

[Randy Stout]

Artie:

Do you think these are both males? Obviously the one on the right, but the one of the left has a more olive bill which I associate with a female mottled. It may just be the lighting. Or perhaps a juvi male?

The black spot on the gape really shows well here!

Cheers

Randy

[Arthur Morris]

Good catch Randy; I missed that. Male on the right, hen on the left.

[Ilija Dukovski]

Great action and image. Perhaps you could tone down the weeds in BG.
Love the bill color and eye contact on the male.

[Satish Ranadive]

Great action captured.Loved the image.

[Chris Kotze]

Excellent action captured. I like the low angle and super head and eye details

[Ishmeet Sahni]

Great action shot. Love the HA and the spray of water. Too bad for the weeds in the BG, I agree with Ilija about toning down the weeds....