Wood Duck Portrait
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This Wood duck had come ashore following some other ducks that were feeding in the snow near me.
Comments and suggestions welcome,
Morris
Comments and suggestions welcome,
Morris
X-H2S XF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR lens 500mm f/5.6 1/1250s 1600 ISO +1.0 EV
Feb 02, 2026 at 07:13 AM
p.1 #2Wood Duck Portrait
Nice head shot Morris.
I wonder if Visine or Lumify would get the red out?
Eric
I wonder if Visine or Lumify would get the red out?
Eric
Feb 02, 2026 at 07:40 AM
p.1 #4Wood Duck Portrait
nice head shot Morris, good control of exposure against the background
Feb 06, 2026 at 01:20 AM
p.1 #5Wood Duck Portrait
Spot on well balanced image with excellent presentation 
The eye is perfect and center of attention with a nice fill of rich coloring around it.
Karl
The eye is perfect and center of attention with a nice fill of rich coloring around it.
Karl
Feb 06, 2026 at 08:28 AM
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p.1 #8Wood Duck Portrait
great shot morris. must be a good number of wood ducks in the new york city area. you have a knack for finding them. thanks for sharing. they are really beautiful birds.
Feb 06, 2026 at 05:49 PM
p.1 #9Wood Duck Portrait
Erictator wrote:
Nice head shot Morris.
I wonder if Visine or Lumify would get the red out?
Eric
Thank you Eric,
You also want to avoid putting this duck through the white laundry!
Morris
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amyandmark3 wrote:
Nice shot Morris, very sharp and colorful!
Mark
Thank you Mark
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speedmaster20d wrote:
nice head shot Morris, good control of exposure against the background
Thank you Ari,
Mirrorless takes a few steps away from getting great exposures when compared to using a dSLR.
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Karl Witt wrote:
Spot on well balanced image with excellent presentation
The eye is perfect and center of attention with a nice fill of rich coloring around it.
Karl
Thank you Karl,
They are stunning ducks
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quigsby wrote:
I love this Morris.
Thank you Mike
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G.E. Smith wrote:
Fantastic shot Morris !
Greg
Than you Greg
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volhoosier wrote:
great shot morris. must be a good number of wood ducks in the new york city area. you have a knack for finding them. thanks for sharing. they are really beautiful birds.
Thank you Wendall,
About 10 years ago 6 wood ducks moved into Kissena Park and started a colony. They have now explored the area moving into all the ponds within 1 mile or so of Kissena Park. When it's very cold all the ducks in NE Queens move to Oakland Lake as it's spring fed with nice warm 55f water so the west end of the lake is always open. Not only that the lake is in a ravine with tall hills on the south, west and north sides so it's well sheltered making it feel warmer there and that's great for both the ducks and the people. There are now about 50 wood ducks in the area all piled into the open water at Oakland Lake mixed in with other types of ducks including that silver wood duck I shared.
Morris
Nice head shot Morris.
I wonder if Visine or Lumify would get the red out?
Eric
Thank you Eric,
You also want to avoid putting this duck through the white laundry!
Morris
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amyandmark3 wrote:
Nice shot Morris, very sharp and colorful!
Mark
Thank you Mark
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speedmaster20d wrote:
nice head shot Morris, good control of exposure against the background
Thank you Ari,
Mirrorless takes a few steps away from getting great exposures when compared to using a dSLR.
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Karl Witt wrote:
Spot on well balanced image with excellent presentation
The eye is perfect and center of attention with a nice fill of rich coloring around it.
Karl
Thank you Karl,
They are stunning ducks
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quigsby wrote:
I love this Morris.
Thank you Mike
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G.E. Smith wrote:
Fantastic shot Morris !
Greg
Than you Greg
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volhoosier wrote:
great shot morris. must be a good number of wood ducks in the new york city area. you have a knack for finding them. thanks for sharing. they are really beautiful birds.
Thank you Wendall,
About 10 years ago 6 wood ducks moved into Kissena Park and started a colony. They have now explored the area moving into all the ponds within 1 mile or so of Kissena Park. When it's very cold all the ducks in NE Queens move to Oakland Lake as it's spring fed with nice warm 55f water so the west end of the lake is always open. Not only that the lake is in a ravine with tall hills on the south, west and north sides so it's well sheltered making it feel warmer there and that's great for both the ducks and the people. There are now about 50 wood ducks in the area all piled into the open water at Oakland Lake mixed in with other types of ducks including that silver wood duck I shared.
Morris
Feb 07, 2026 at 07:19 AM