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Aix sponsa (Wood Duck)

This is the hard way to do it - lots of light into the lens, most of the detail in the duck is in the shadows. Modern camera gear is amazing. I really like the bokeh on little bugs flying over the water.


Age: Mature
Altitude: 17m (55 feet)
Camera: Nikon D800
Date: Sunday, September 20th, 2015 at 6:01 PM
Exposure: 1/250 sec at f5.6
Exposure Compensation: 851 ev
Gender: Male
ISO: 160 asa
Lens: 400mm f2.8G ED VR AF-S NIKKOR
Location:
Irises By Beaver Lake On Siwash Rock Claira Chasing Bubbles Lions Gate With Rocky Beach Tug Boat Under The Lions Gate Bridge Under The Lions Gate Bridge Lions Gate With Streaky Traffic Male Wood Duck In Reflected Water Chestnut Backed Chickadee Nara Feet Up Through Puddle Beaked Hazelnut Downtown Vancouver From Stanley Park At Crab Park Look No Chain Art On The Beach Bad Crowd English Bay David And Lost Lagoon Blue Burst over Vancouver Blues and Purples First Beach 2004 Sunset Irises By Beaver Lake Yellow Iris With Ants Pink Spheres Downtown Vancouver From Stanley Park View Down Oak Street Burrard Street Bridge in Snow At Crab Park Look No Chain Sitting Under Cherry Blossoms Art On The Beach Bad Crowd English Bay Yellow Iris With Ants Pink Spheres Downtown Vancouver From Stanley Park Burrard Street Bridge in Snow Bumps on a Rail Whiskey Cove, Belcarra At Crab Park Look No Chain Sitting Under Cherry Blossoms David At Top Art On The Beach Yellow Iris With Ants Downtown Vancouver From Stanley Park Sea Terminal, South Terminal, Main Terminal Of YVR Left Side of Cove Panoramic Sea Lions on the Rocks Bumps on a Rail Lost Lake At Ladner Whiskey Cove, Belcarra At Crab Park Downtown Vancouver From Stanley Park David And Lost Lagoon Irises By Beaver Lake On Siwash Rock Fluffy Great Blue Heron Common Goldeneye Male Nara Holding Her Bird Feeder Claira Lounging In Tube Claira Chasing Bubbles Going Around On The Train Lions Gate With Rocky Beach Yellow Iris With Ants Downtown Vancouver From Stanley Park View Down Oak Street Burrard Street Bridge in Snow Darker Bird Art On The Beach English Bay David And Lost Lagoon Blues and Purples First Beach 2004 Sunset Irises By Beaver Lake Yellow Iris With Ants Downtown Vancouver From Stanley Park View Down Oak Street Burrard Street Bridge in Snow David and Eric on Large Pump House Art On The Beach English Bay David And Lost Lagoon Blues and Purples First Beach 2004 Sunset White Crowned Sparrow Yellow Iris With Ants Downtown Vancouver From Stanley Park Burrard Street Bridge in Snow Sea Terminal, South Terminal, Main Terminal Of YVR Sea Lions on the Rocks Sandheads Lighthouse David and Eric on Large Pump House Art On The Beach English Bay David And Lost Lagoon Down Temple Steps Yellow Iris With Ants Pink Spheres Downtown Vancouver From Stanley Park Burrard Street Bridge in Snow Sea Terminal, South Terminal, Main Terminal Of YVR Left Side of Cove Panoramic Sea Lions on the Rocks Bumps on a Rail Lost Lake Dive Site Right Yellow Iris With Ants Downtown Vancouver From Stanley Park Sea Terminal, South Terminal, Main Terminal Of YVR Left Side of Cove Panoramic Sea Lions on the Rocks Bumps on a Rail Lost Lake Dive Site Right View From Second Chief Petgill Lake Irises By Beaver Lake Wood Duck Shot Into The Light Male Wood Duck In Reflected Water On The Trail To The Lake Beaver Swimming Left Marsh Cinquefoil Green Winged Teal Stellars Jay Looking For Handouts Sheet Piles In Beaver Lake Never Ending Water Lilies Claira Happy At End Of Ride Irises By Beaver Lake Claira Chasing Bubbles Going Around On The Train Helen And Claira On Train Nara In Bouncy Train Wood Duck Shot Into The Light Male Wood Duck In Reflected Water Chestnut Backed Chickadee Claira Feet Up Through Puddle Nara Feet Up Through Puddle On The Trail To The Lake Irises By Beaver Lake On Siwash Rock Claira Chasing Bubbles Lions Gate With Rocky Beach Tug Boat Under The Lions Gate Bridge Under The Lions Gate Bridge Lions Gate With Streaky Traffic Wood Duck Shot Into The Light Male Wood Duck In Reflected Water Chestnut Backed Chickadee Claira Feet Up Through Puddle Irises By Beaver Lake On Siwash Rock Claira Chasing Bubbles Lions Gate With Rocky Beach Under The Lions Gate Bridge Lions Gate With Streaky Traffic Male Wood Duck In Reflected Water Chestnut Backed Chickadee Nara Feet Up Through Puddle Claira Reading Band Red Breasted Sapsucker Yellow Iris With Ants Downtown Vancouver From Stanley Park View Down Oak Street Burrard Street Bridge in Snow Art On The Beach English Bay David And Lost Lagoon Blues and Purples First Beach 2004 Sunset Irises By Beaver Lake On Siwash Rock Yellow Iris With Ants Downtown Vancouver From Stanley Park View Down Oak Street Burrard Street Bridge in Snow Art On The Beach English Bay David And Lost Lagoon Blues and Purples First Beach 2004 Sunset Irises By Beaver Lake On Siwash Rock Yellow Iris With Ants Pink Spheres Downtown Vancouver From Stanley Park View Down Oak Street Burrard Street Bridge in Snow Left Side of Cove Panoramic Bumps on a Rail Lost Lake Whiskey Cove, Belcarra At Crab Park Yellow Iris With Ants Pink Spheres Downtown Vancouver From Stanley Park Sea Terminal, South Terminal, Main Terminal Of YVR Left Side of Cove Panoramic Sea Lions on the Rocks Bumps on a Rail Lost Lake At Ladner Whiskey Cove, Belcarra New National Park Sign Yellow Iris With Ants Downtown Vancouver From Stanley Park Sea Terminal, South Terminal, Main Terminal Of YVR On Approach To Mudge Stephen And His Sunset Big Windows View From Mount Norman Left Side of Cove Panoramic Reflecting Pond New National Park Sign Yellow Iris With Ants Sea Terminal, South Terminal, Main Terminal Of YVR On Approach To Mudge Big Windows Left Side of Cove Panoramic Reflecting Pond Retreat Island Sunset Four Otters Sea Lions on the Rocks New National Park Sign Yellow Iris With Ants On Approach To Mudge Reflecting Pond Four Otters Sandheads Lighthouse Ferry Terminal Dive Site Right Castle With Irises Mud Flats at Sunset Waiting For Lifts To Open New National Park Sign Yellow Iris With Ants On Approach To Mudge View From Second Chief Mud Flats at Sunset Waiting For Lifts To Open View From Lunch Tarn In Front Of Anniversary Glacier Mark And Mike At Summit Boat At Landing Boardwalk In Meadow New National Park Sign Yellow Iris With Ants Waiting For Lifts To Open Mark And Mike At Summit Boat At Landing Boardwalk In Meadow Rock Margin Front of Condo Fence at Rathtrevor Wharf in Namu Diagonal Falls New National Park Sign Waiting For Lifts To Open Mark And Mike At Summit Boat At Landing Front of Condo Wharf in Namu Immature Bog Cranberry Numa Falls (Veiled) Athabasca Falls Closer Bromley Rock Mount Robson In Fog Yellow Iris With Ants Downtown Vancouver From Stanley Park Left Side of Cove Panoramic Bumps on a Rail Lost Lake Dive Site Right View From Second Chief Petgill Lake Starvation Lake Whiskey Cove, Belcarra New National Park Sign Yellow Iris With Ants Sea Terminal, South Terminal, Main Terminal Of YVR On Approach To Mudge Stephen And His Sunset Big Windows View From Mount Norman Left Side of Cove Panoramic Reflecting Pond Retreat Island Sunset New National Park Sign Yellow Iris With Ants Sea Terminal, South Terminal, Main Terminal Of YVR On Approach To Mudge Big Windows Left Side of Cove Panoramic Reflecting Pond Retreat Island Sunset Four Otters Sea Lions on the Rocks New National Park Sign Yellow Iris With Ants On Approach To Mudge Reflecting Pond Four Otters Sandheads Lighthouse Ferry Terminal Dive Site Right Castle With Irises Mud Flats at Sunset Waiting For Lifts To Open New National Park Sign Yellow Iris With Ants On Approach To Mudge View From Second Chief Mud Flats at Sunset Waiting For Lifts To Open View From Lunch Tarn In Front Of Anniversary Glacier Mark And Mike At Summit Boat At Landing Boardwalk In Meadow New National Park Sign Yellow Iris With Ants Waiting For Lifts To Open Mark And Mike At Summit Boat At Landing Boardwalk In Meadow Rock Margin Front of Condo Fence at Rathtrevor Wharf in Namu Diagonal Falls New National Park Sign Waiting For Lifts To Open Mark And Mike At Summit Boat At Landing Front of Condo Wharf in Namu Immature Bog Cranberry Numa Falls (Veiled) Athabasca Falls Closer Bromley Rock Mount Robson In Fog
Map
Plumage: Breeding
Region: North America, Canada, British Columbia, Metro Vancouver, Vancouver, Stanley Park
Scientific Name: species related to Aix sponsa (Wood Duck)
Tag: bokeh
Larger image: 2000 x 1335
Raw image: 7360 x 4912

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