I returned to Brookfield Marsh to photograph the Canvasback. The light was better, a cloudy dull day. I had to shoot at 3200 ISO to stop the motion of the duck as it paddled along. Although my lens has 7 stops of image stabilization and my camera body 8 stops of image stabilization this doesn't help with the motion of the bird especially at 1200mm.

In post processing I still had to significantly enlarge the image.

Canvasback in Better Light

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