I\u00a0 was pleased with this series because all of those factors came together for me. All images are presented in the order they were taken.<\/p>\n
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1\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n Our recent snow and bitter cold have finally\u00a0enticed a few birds to “my” local pond besides the ubiquitous domestic ducks, gulls, coots and a few geese. Yesterday afternoon\u00a0this male Redhead was one of them and he performed a nice wing flap at an appropriate distance and appealing angle. Here he’s just beginning to rise up out of the water and raise his wings.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n Those wings were already moving very fast but I had more shutter speed than I needed to prevent any motion blur.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1\/5000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n As they often do he began to lean forward to counterbalance the lift from his flapping wings. Otherwise he might tip over backwards in the water.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1\/5000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n I like the shadow of his head on his right wing.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1\/5000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n By chance the timing of my shutter and his flapping wings gave me more photos with his wings in this approximate position than any other.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1\/5000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n Here we see the flexibility of his\u00a0wing primaries as they’re bent and curved in response to resistance from the air.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1\/8000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n Near the end of the performance he began to settle back down into the water…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1\/5000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n and fold his wings back into a resting position.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n An instant later he was a lazy looking\u00a0laid-back duck again. Almost immediately after the wing flap he swam away and never returned while I was there.<\/p>\n With most ducks wing flapping is a common occurrence but many things have to come together to photograph it well. This time I was pleased with my results and I even had a handsome subject. This single bird made the trip down to the pond worth the effort<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Wing flapping of aquatic species is a common behavior that I find difficult to photograph well.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/redhead-3514-ron-dudley.jpg\" "\\"redhead-3514-ron-dudley\\"")
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