Mandarin Duck

[Kerry Perkins]

These colorful relatives of the Wood Duck can be found here in my home town, hanging out with the Mallards and Coots at the local duck pond. This one was captured at the LA Arboretum, a really great place to photograph birds, flowers, trees, and landscapes.

1D4, 400mm f/5.6
Manual mode, f/5.6@1/1000, ISO 800 WB 5100K
AI Servo autofocus, HH, 580EX II FEC -1 2/3 E-TTL mode Evaluative

[Randy Stout]

Kerry:

Years ago, we had one of these at our local bird sanctuary, it was always a thrill to see him.

Sharp, well exposed, nice flash work,like the ripples. A bit lower would have been nice, but often not possible.

The brown/olive water goes well with the bird.

Cheers

Randy

[Joel Eade]

Beautiful colors, sharp and nice exposure, creamy BG....well executed.

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Brilliant colours and sharpness here !! My only wish would be a lower angle .

[Satish Ranadive]

Marvelous portrait of beautiful colored bird.Extremely beautiful colors and sharpness.I like the ripples in the water,lights and details on the duck.

[jack williamson]

Excellent colors and detail and flash work. I love the water color and the rings going out from the duck.

Jack

[Simon Wantling]

Never seen one of these. Great detail. Thanks for posting

[Rachel Hollander]

Kerry - Beautiful detail, colors and IQ.

TFS,
Rachel