A Northern Pintail banks in flight in preparation for landing. Photographing the ducks in flight during my Best of Bosque workshop is so much fun and very rewarding when things work out. As they land, they tend to bank and change flight path suddenly making it challenging.
Northern Pintail in flight (Anas acuta, Canard Pilet, NOPI) from my Better than Bosque workshop. Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio, New Mexico, USA. Image Copyright ©Christopher Dodds. Sony Alpha alpha 1 Mirrorless camera & Sony FE 600mm f/4 G Master OSS Lens with Sony FE 2X Teleconverter @1,200mm ISO 1,600, f/8 @ 1/5,000s. Full frame image. Manual exposure. Full Frame image.