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Posted by Juan E. Bahamon on Sun Jan 04, 2004 12:04 am

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Canon 10D 600IS f4 lens plus 1.4 TC 1/1100 at f7.1 Manual Incident metering ISO 200 Papago Park, Phoenix, Arizona.

Thanks to EJ who gave the information to find this male hooded merganser. I participated on the Duckshop 2003 and everybody was giving me hard time because I carried too much equipment. Guess what! The monster 600 was very handy the next day to approach this extremely skittish male, the only one on the entire lagoon. Thanks again EJ. All comments are welcome.
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by E.J. Peiker on Sun Jan 04, 2004 12:06 am
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Wow this is great - glad he was there!!! If you think this guy is extremely skittish... this is the tamest Hooded Meg I've seen and you see how skittish he was - LOL
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by Wayne Nicholas on Sun Jan 04, 2004 1:53 am
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Love the shot, Juan. It appears to be rotated about 7* to the left (CCW). Great job on the exposure.
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by LHays on Sun Jan 04, 2004 5:34 am
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You did a great job of this guy. What a beauty. I, too think it needs a little rotation.
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by Cliff Beittel on Sun Jan 04, 2004 6:30 am
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Gorgeous (though tilted) image--the reddish brown reflections in the water perfectly complement the bird.
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by Ken Newcombe on Sun Jan 04, 2004 7:27 am
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A nice duck and reflection Juan.
 

by Alan Murphy on Sun Jan 04, 2004 8:53 am
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Juan, this is sweet.
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by Jim Neely on Sun Jan 04, 2004 1:31 pm
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Very nice, Juan.

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by Robert Kemmerlin on Sun Jan 04, 2004 2:37 pm
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Great shot, I love these birds. I am confused as it seems half of the reflection is reversed. Am I going nuts??
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by Heather Forcier on Sun Jan 04, 2004 3:35 pm
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Gorgeous capture, I love the light and shadows in this. The colors in the water are super. It pays to be prepared. :)
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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Sun Jan 04, 2004 6:54 pm
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Juan,

Nice shot. You did very well with this opportunity. Excellent job with the exposure.
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by Chris Valentine on Sun Jan 04, 2004 7:00 pm
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Great shot and nice job on exposure. These guys are so cool.
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by Laura Stiefel on Sun Jan 04, 2004 7:46 pm
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An absolutly beautiful duck. I quite like the two toned water but would love to see the tilt corrected.
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by ajhand on Sun Jan 04, 2004 8:07 pm
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This is a difficult bird to approach, and to expose properly but you have done both here. I shot a lot of them last winter and what always takes me by surprise is how the brown flanks can soak up light. They are almost as hard to hold as the blacks.

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by Jim Urbach on Sun Jan 04, 2004 9:39 pm
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Juan,

Great capture and you got him with his crest up.

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by Greg Downing on Sun Jan 04, 2004 10:05 pm
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Wonderful Juan! One can never have too much stuff!
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by Anthony Medici on Sun Jan 04, 2004 10:29 pm
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Sometimes you just need to shoot long. :lol: Great shot. 8)
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by AlexC on Mon Jan 05, 2004 2:13 pm
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Juan, this is great, I know first had how hard they can be to deal with!!
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