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Waterfowl 2020-2021

Challenge #42 in the A Big Year series. Hosted by OSP2017.

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Let's see the best photographs of waterfowl that you took in 2020 or 2021! Here is a list of waterfowl species from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Anseriformes Please do not enter shorebird photos into this challenge - save them for next week!

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Announced:

Wednesday, 29th December, 2021 (GMT)

Submissions:

Wednesday, 5th January, 2022 – Tuesday, 11th January, 2022 (GMT)

Voting:

Wednesday, 12th January, 2022 – Tuesday, 18th January, 2022 (GMT)

Processing rules:

Minimal processing. Replacement of any original scene element or addition of non-original elements by any method or technique is not permitted.
Full EXIF data must be present
No borders, signatures, or watermarks
No frame stacking or stitching

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

The shot must be from 2020 or 2021; please disregard the automatically generated "no restrictions" rule above
The bird must have been alive, wild, and unrestrained
The photo must be your own work
Nothing in the entry should identify you as the participant
If you vote in the challenge you've entered, please vote fairly and don't sandbag other entries
If an unusual voting pattern is discovered, the offending entry will be disqualified

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Incoming Mallard

by Hadrian R

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An incoming male mallard putting on the air-brakes as he made his landing approach.

Camera:	Canon EOS 5DS R
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Submitted:	Friday, 7th January, 2022 18:03 (GMT)
Taken:	Saturday, 2nd May, 2020
Focal length:	600 mm
Shutter speed:	1/1600 sec
Aperture:	F4
ISO:	200
Notes:	It was early morning and the light was just coming up behind me, casting a golden hue on the surrounding vegetation. I was using my trust Canon 5DsR at the time, and I didn't want my ISO to be too high, so I chose a modest 1/1600 shutter speed for catching this moment. Thankfully everything worked out.
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