{"id":136823,"date":"2023-05-30T05:42:49","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T11:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=136823"},"modified":"2023-05-30T06:22:22","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T12:22:22","slug":"gadwall-drake-in-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/30\/gadwall-drake-in-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Gadwall Drake In Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

A species I rarely get in flight.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

A week ago today at Bear River MBR I was trying, with little success, to photograph American Avocets in flight when this drake Gadwall in eclipse plumage<\/a><\/span><\/span> flew in from out of nowhere with the intention of landing on the canal in front of me. I got 22 photos of him in flight and while he was landing but only three of them were sharp enough to see the light of day. Most of them were nearly sharp but ‘nearly’ doesn’t cut it.<\/p>\n

In this first shot I caught him right at the horizon line.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Two frames later he was below the horizon and beginning to flare more during his turning approach to his chosen landing spot on the water.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

This last shot is quite similar to the previous one (actually, all three photos are similar) but there are some differences and the bird is sharp so I’m including it.<\/p>\n

I like the warm morning light in all three photos. My personal favorite overall is #2, but #3 is a close second because I love the way my lens rendered the background bokeh<\/a><\/span><\/span>, especially toward the bottom of the frame. A pleasing bokeh is one of the strengths of my particular lens.<\/p>\n

Oh, and by the way. Did you happen to notice the midge directly above the head of the Gadwall in one of the photos? It was there and midges are natural so I decided against cloning it out.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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A species I rarely get in flight. (3 photos)<\/p>\n

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