Harlequin Duck

Thesae shots are really, really good of the Harlequin duck. Brilliant.

Beautiful duck and photographs. Thanks for showing these.

Maz
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Very nice captures. Are these salt water ducks?

Thank you all for the nice comments. They are appreciated.

zach - "Were these all taken with the Bigma?"

Yes, these are all taken with the Bigma at 500mm.

Paul - "Are these salt water ducks?"

During the winter they stay at sea (so yes they are) but during the breeding season in the spring they spread up the rivers.


ngannet, you are very lucky to have harlequin ducks that are approachable. Love this duck. We have quite a few places where you can get pretty close but if you get too close they are off. This is only the second time I have been able to get this close to them. I had been crawling at the edge of a riverbank, trying to get closer to a couple that was standing on a stone in the middle of the stream when they got spooked. I decided to lay still for a while and that paid off. A whole flock landed in the river right in front of me and I was able to shoot till my card ran out of space. I sure had fun this weekend.

Love the #1 portrait Sindri,much better than #2.