Ring-necked Duck

[Kerry Perkins]

Captured at the local duck pond. Late afternoon light. Lowered the white balance in LR4 to 4900K.

1D4, EF400mm f/5.6L
Manual mode, f/5.6@1/400 ISO 640 WB 5100K
AI Servo autofocus, hand-held no flash

[Ronald Zigler]

Kerry, this is a beautiful image. You really got great lighting. Photographing birds with black and white plumage is not easy, but you really pulled this off. In addition, the water is very pleasant. (You have given me second thoughts now about posting an image of a wood duck that I captured this morning). Have any idea how close you were to this bird and how much you cropped it? Were you behind a bird blind? It appears that you must have been pretty close.

[Joel Eade]

This is wonderful! All the basics are covered...pose, head angle, exposure, sharpness and BG....and beautiful light....wish it were mine!

[Kerry Perkins]

Thanks guys! Ron, I was (according to the exif data) 37ft from the bird. The crop is about 50%. I was just hanging out at the local park in the late afternoon. Got down on my knees to get the shooting angle I wanted.