Although appearing black from a distance I love how these guys' heads shine beautiful hues of purples and/or greens in the right light. With one individual it is possible to have images with either or both of these colours, pretty amazing. Here's another of a drake that came rushing towards me when I turned on the audio...
Canon 7D + 100-400L @350mm, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/1600s., f/7.1, ISO 400 (settings histogram checked on nearby Mallards), natural light, handheld, 85% FF, bright wet highlights on the chest tamed via clone tool @ 20% opacity.







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