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We were at the Salton Sea State Park. I wanted to get more experience with bird photography. It was later in the day so I think lighting was good. My bird app identifies as blue-winged-teal

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Any suggestions on this photo image are welcome as well as tips on photographing these shorebirds. I am in California planning on going to a few areas for birds

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Canon r7 RF 100-800 at 800mm f/13 ISO 2000 1/2000 HH.

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Hi Dean, love the action here. Great catch with the splashing water and the feather going everywhere. Nice profile view of the duck with a good view of the eye. I think I would have opted for a faster shutter speed and more open aperture. Say something like 1/4000s. I think that would have rendered the duck a bit sharper. A fine catch.

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Very cool splashes, Dean. I could see Allen’s point on increasing shutter speed, but this does work nicely as posted. I think it fills the air with droplets more than if you’d managed to stop the action completely.