Female Mallard

[Brian Sugden]

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It's easy to overlook the female in favour of the more colourful males, however I find many female birds, especially ducks to be very attractive. This was taken at the WWT in Barnes and she was quite happy to sit there while I took a series of shots. The backgrounds made up of reeds some distance behind the mallard. EOS 1D3 with 500mm f4L IS lens and 1.4 converter.

[tesarver]

Re: Female Mallard

Like the background, the composition and the clarity you have achieved.

Tom

[Les McLean]

Re: Female Mallard

This is nice, crisp, clear and a lovely BG blur.

[Nathaniel]

Re: Female Mallard

Nice one Brian. I like it. Good portrait shot.

[Stan]

Re: Female Mallard

A super shot Brian.

It's easy to overlook the female in favour of the more colourful males

although less colourful, I much prefer the female for portraits too

Stan