Happy Landing
A female mallard skids to a water landing in the canoe canal in the Alton Baker area of Eugene, Oregon. June 2009.
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Lois Bryan
WOW!!!!!! Super, super capture, Ken!!!!!!! Oh, WHEEEEEEEEE!!!!!! What I wouldn’t give to get a shot like this!!!!!! You must have been dancing a jig when this baby came up on the monitor!!!!!
XVR Photo
he he and she is enjoying the ride! look at that smile! million dollar shot!
shaneran
WOW!!! perfection!! what a capture!! fantastic timing. I bet it takes a lot of patience to wait for a shot like this. great work. have you tried putting this in the groups Waterfowl or All Countries~Wetlands, ponds, lakes, and rivers
Ken Haley replied
I belong to waterfowl, didn’t know about the wetlands group. Thanks!
Jan Timmons
This makes me smile, Ken. Well captured and a beautiful shot. Everything about the mallard and your shot seems happy.
Joanne Bradley
Fantastic shot, just a great capture of motion and a mallard in a natural setting!
lorilee
She does look happy!!!! A wonderful image!!!!
Daidalos
Great shot! Beautiful!
Lisawv
Awesome capture and great timing. Outstanding clarity and great work.
Stacy Rodriguez
Great shot!!!!!!!!
Sheryl Kasper
Hi Ken, fantastic shot with wonderful clarity. What lens do you use?
Ken Haley replied
A 300mm F4 fixed lens, and depending on distance, I attach a 1.4X teleconverter. The Nikon F4 is pretty good, not top of the line, but good glass.
AnnDixon
Great capture,
Pat Moore
Oh Ken this is magnifcent, great capture!!!!
Sheryl Kasper
Thank you Ken. :)
heeb
Beautiful photo Ken!
karebare599
Excellent capture! Dof is just perfect and the clarity is awesome!!!
ChuckCheatham
Awesome shot. Congratulations on the feature. ~ Chuck ~
Moorey
What a cool action shot. Great capture
Cherie Carlson
great shot
Dandelion Dill...
excellent action capture!
ruth jolly
so beautiful what a great capture!
Rebecca Cozart
What a great shot!
Mark Richards
Nice one Ken!
John Pacifico
This is such a wonderful capture! Congratulations on this great image!
Aleksander
lovely shot Ken!
Nigdaw
Great shot and very good detail. I use a Sigma 70-300 Zoom for a lot of my wildlife pics, but this lens looks very sharp. Mine can be a bit hit and miss sometimes.
Ken Haley replied
Thanks for the nice comment! I use a Nikon 300mm f4, often coupled with a 1.4X Nikon teleconverter. That’s about as high end as I can go for now. Someday a 300 f2.8, maybe.
Sandy Stewart 3 days ago
Beautiful stop action shot of this female Mallard! : )