{"id":113571,"date":"2023-05-27T01:27:13","date_gmt":"2023-05-27T07:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=113571"},"modified":"2023-05-27T01:29:52","modified_gmt":"2023-05-27T07:29:52","slug":"spring-drake-redhead-in-a-dive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/05\/27\/spring-drake-redhead-in-a-dive\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Drake Redhead In A Dive"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I meant to share this photo of a Drake Redhead diving weeks ago. but when the loons arrived at my local pond, I completely forgot that I had processed it. I’m not forgetting it again today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\"DrakeDrake Redhead in a dive \u2013 Nikon D500, tripod mounted, f7.1, 1\/1600, ISO 500, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/p>\n

This redhead drake and its mate were swimming in front of me and my friend, Shane Smith, when it started to dive beneath the surface of the water.<\/p>\n

I liked everything about this Redhead<\/span><\/a> image. The series of images I took of this diving duck were all wonderful, but this particular photo stood out due to the reflection and the freeze-frame action.<\/p>\n

Just a duck being a duck.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my Redhead duck photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I meant to share this photo of a Drake Redhead diving weeks ago, but when the loons arrived at my local pond, I completely forgot that I had processed it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":113568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,2460,709,26],"tags":[4004,2461,4478,4159,4753,4483,1129,126,4062,10698,1984,4560,165,8018,3996],"class_list":["post-113571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-redheads","category-salt-lake-county-utah","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-aythya-americana","tag-dive","tag-diving","tag-diving-ducks","tag-drake","tag-duck","tag-ducks-2","tag-male","tag-park","tag-pond","tag-redhead","tag-spring","tag-urban","tag-water"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/redhead-drake-diving-mia-mcpherson-7637.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-txN","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":119064,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/12\/17\/resting-redhead-drake-on-an-urban-pond\/","url_meta":{"origin":113571,"position":0},"title":"Resting Redhead Drake On An Urban Pond","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"December 17, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Today I am sharing a simple photo of a resting Redhead drake that I saw at my local pond two days ago. 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