I am surprised my "winter ducks" are still around. Usually they have all headed north by this time, but this pair of Hooded Mergansers may have decided to stay here this summer as I have images of them copulating in my community pond. After the deed was done, she had to take a bath and then dry her feathers. From this shot it is obvious why this species has to beat their wings very rapidly to fly. Shot with a Canon R5, a 600 mm f/4.0 lens with a 2.0X extender (1200 mm), at ISO 10,000, SS 1/3200, f/8.0 (wide open with this combo), EC -0.3 (to avoid blowing out the whites especially on the male). DXO Pure Raw 4 was used to convert and then very little processing was done in PS. About 80% FF.
bajadreamer wrote:
I am surprised my "winter ducks" are still around. Usually they have all headed north by this time, but this pair of Hooded Mergansers may have decided to stay here this summer as I have images of them copulating in my community pond. After the deed was done, she had to take a bath and then dry her feathers. From this shot it is obvious why this species has to beat their wings very rapidly to fly. Shot with a Canon R5, a 600 mm f/4.0 lens with a 2.0X extender (1200 mm), at ISO 10,000, SS 1/3200, f/8.0 (wide open with this combo), EC -0.3 (to avoid blowing out the whites especially on the male). DXO Pure Raw 4 was used to convert and then very little processing was done in PS. About 80% FF.
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Plump looking, maybe too plump to migrate with those wings so they just decided to stay where the eating is good enough to make them that plump during the winter.
joecichjr
Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA
bajadreamer wrote:
I am surprised my "winter ducks" are still around. Usually they have all headed north by this time, but this pair of Hooded Mergansers may have decided to stay here this summer as I have images of them copulating in my community pond. After the deed was done, she had to take a bath and then dry her feathers. From this shot it is obvious why this species has to beat their wings very rapidly to fly. Shot with a Canon R5, a 600 mm f/4.0 lens with a 2.0X extender (1200 mm), at ISO 10,000, SS 1/3200, f/8.0 (wide open with this combo), EC -0.3 (to avoid blowing out the whites especially on the male). DXO Pure Raw 4 was used to convert and then very little processing was done in PS. About 80% FF.
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A striking shot šļøšļøšļø
bajadreamer wrote:
I am surprised my "winter ducks" are still around. Usually they have all headed north by this time, but this pair of Hooded Mergansers may have decided to stay here this summer as I have images of them copulating in my community pond. After the deed was done, she had to take a bath and then dry her feathers. From this shot it is obvious why this species has to beat their wings very rapidly to fly. Shot with a Canon R5, a 600 mm f/4.0 lens with a 2.0X extender (1200 mm), at ISO 10,000, SS 1/3200, f/8.0 (wide open with this combo), EC -0.3 (to avoid blowing out the whites especially on the male). DXO Pure Raw 4 was used to convert and then very little processing was done in PS. About 80% FF.
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Love that Hoodie girl, Baja!
I just remembered a thing about small wings I was trying to remember when I saw this little guy.
The F-104 Starfighter had short wings and went fast to make up for it.
Long ago I read that one of the plane's nicknames was the "Hooker" because it had no visible means of support.
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