Here is another duck from last December’s Best of Bosque Workshop. This is a drake (male) Ring-necked Duck on a liquid gold pond - smile!
Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris, Fuligule à collier, RNDU) 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 6,400, f/8 @ 1/2,500s. Full frame image. Manual exposure.