{"id":159009,"date":"2024-05-19T05:45:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-19T11:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=159009"},"modified":"2024-05-19T06:19:44","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T12:19:44","slug":"drake-cinnamon-teal-in-flight-happy-duck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/19\/drake-cinnamon-teal-in-flight-happy-duck\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake Cinnamon Teal In Flight &#8211; Happy Duck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First time I&#8217;ve ever captured a Cinnamon Teal vocalizing in flight.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"159010\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/19\/drake-cinnamon-teal-in-flight-happy-duck\/cinnamon-teal-6813-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/cinnamon-teal-6813-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,643\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;RON DUDLEY&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS R5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1715782347&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;700&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cinnamon teal 6813 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/cinnamon-teal-6813-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-159010 size-full\" title=\"cinnamon-teal-6813-ron-dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/cinnamon-teal-6813-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/cinnamon-teal-6813-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/cinnamon-teal-6813-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/cinnamon-teal-6813-ron-dudley-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/cinnamon-teal-6813-ron-dudley-150x107.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>1\/6400, f\/5.6, ISO 1000, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Four days ago at Bear River MBR I didn&#8217;t even see this drake Cinnamon Teal until he was taking off, so in this shot he&#8217;s some distance from the water he took off from and in full flight. He&#8217;s vocalizing, which to me makes him look happy but it&#8217;s more likely that he was encouraging his mate to join him. Which she did.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"159024\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/19\/drake-cinnamon-teal-in-flight-happy-duck\/cinnamon-teal-6814-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/cinnamon-teal-6814-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,643\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;RON DUDLEY&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS R5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1715782347&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;700&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cinnamon teal 6814 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/cinnamon-teal-6814-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-159024 size-full\" title=\"cinnamon-teal-6814-ron-dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/cinnamon-teal-6814-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/cinnamon-teal-6814-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/cinnamon-teal-6814-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/cinnamon-teal-6814-ron-dudley-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/cinnamon-teal-6814-ron-dudley-150x107.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>1\/6400, f\/5.6, ISO 1000, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The next shot in the burst. I&#8217;m slightly surprised that there was still this much water draining off of him this long after takeoff. I got 3 more shots of him in flight but I didn&#8217;t like his wing positions much and two of them were a little soft.<\/p>\n<p>This was some of the best light I had on that cloudy morning, which was good timing for a duck in flight. It sure didn&#8217;t last long though.<\/p>\n<p>Ron<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First time I&#8217;ve ever captured a Cinnamon Teal vocalizing in flight. 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