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Harlequin Duck II

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Posted by Danny Green on September 10, 2010 at 9:40 AM
Harlequin Duck II
This is another shot from the Laxa River in Iceland but this time higher speed. This male was feeding amongst the rapids and every now and then he would just water raft down them towards the calmer parts and then head back up again. I worked out a good place to lie and wait so I could grab his portrait. They are not easy and can be difficult to approach. Great Birds though.

Canon 1D MK11, 500mm Lens, 1.4x Convertor, F5.6, 1/400, ISO 200

Danny :wavey:
Posted by Simon Litten on September 10, 2010 at 10:00 AM
First rate image as always :toast: Cracking looking bird against a turbulant background....does it for me!


Simon
Posted by Paul Rosser on September 10, 2010 at 10:35 AM
I prefer you're first upload Danny, but this is also lovely, and has a great POV!
Regards,
Paul. :wavey:
Posted by Karen Summers on September 10, 2010 at 11:54 AM
lovely pov and lovely image
Posted by Simon Phillpotts on September 10, 2010 at 11:59 AM
Great catchlight and the clarity of the bird looks excellent against that background :toast:
Posted by Geoffrey Baker on September 10, 2010 at 1:16 PM
Another excellent shot from you Danny, as one would expect :smile:
Well captured,

Geoff.
Posted by Oscar Dewhurst on September 10, 2010 at 1:44 PM
Great shot and composition. :toast:

Oscar :wavey:
Posted by Phil Mclean on September 10, 2010 at 1:57 PM
Very well composed and exposed,considering all that white turbulence in the background.
Another cracking image Danny.

Phil. :toast: :toast:
Posted by Chris O'Reilly on September 10, 2010 at 2:26 PM
Cracking!

Cheers,
Chris
Posted by Mark Davies on September 10, 2010 at 2:34 PM
double git.... :biggrin:
Posted by Maggie Campbell on September 10, 2010 at 6:06 PM
Love the highly coloured Duck against such a bleak background. Works very wel IMO :wavey:
Posted by Graham Goddard on September 11, 2010 at 11:57 AM
So you used your old camera at 700mm, iso200, and 1/400 shooting a duck that's bouncing about in rapids - and it's razor ! Treble git !

Very nice indeed Danny - I know it's a different style of shot, but I prefer this to 1.

:toast: :toast:
Posted by Andy Stunell on January 4, 2011 at 3:35 PM
I like this Danny, lovely colours in the Harlequin, i wonder how it would look with a little shaved off the top of the frame?