Sandbanks Provincial Park Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis

Sandbanks Provincial Park Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | Harelde kakawi

            A Long-tailed Duck confidentially rides the winter waves at Sandbanks Provincial Park in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. 

For me, chance plays a large role in acquiring a photo like this. The birds are are diving for food, and even on the surface they are constantly appearing and disappearing behind the surging surf. 

So when I can briefly lock focus on one, I fire off burst after burst, hoping something works out. In this case I took about 300 pictures over a 15 minute period, of which two were successful. The others went immediately in the delete bin, with the frame showing no bird at all, part of a bird, or a ridiculously unfocussed bird.

A greater degree of skill went into finding a location to photograph from. We saw the birds from high ledge above the shore, but the site was exposed to blasting wind and driving sleet, and provided only a sharp downward angle for photography (not my favourite for water birds). Carefully picking our way down closer to the lake’s edge, we found shelter below a large rock overhang and in that shelter were able to work on the birds.

Taken in: Canada / Ontario / Sand Banks (show map)

Taken on: January 3, 2024

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Camera: Canon EOS 90D, f/4.5, 1/1250 sec, 600mm, ISO 1000 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 90D
Lens:	EF600mm f/4L IS III USM
Aperture:	f/4.5
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1250)
Focal Length:	600mm
ISO:	1000
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 13.1 (Macintosh)
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