Red-crested pochard at the Duck Park

This is a male Red-crested pochard shot at the duck park.

I knelt down and stuck my Sony RX100 VII through the railings to get as low as possible.

I don't really do "Twitching Shots" but this was an easy catch.

[Mags]

Gorgeous capture!

[Corinne C]

A beautifully captured specimen!

[Frances Tackaberry]

Fav! Wow, this duck looks like a wood carving!

[Corinne]

That tiny red eye is hypnotizing !

[Carole Sandford]

I agree with @frantackaberry the duck does look like it’s a wood carving! The colours are amazing!

[Allison Williams]

Lovely color

[Beryl Lloyd]

I also agree with the others - it does look like a wooden decoy !! so amazing !

[amyK]

Great capture

[LManning (Laura)]

The focus and reflections are terrific! But what is a “twitching shot”?

[Gavin.J]

Sensational shot:)

[Roz Kwan]

Oh wow, the duck's head certainly has a pretty intense color along with those reflections.

[jackie edwards]

looks very wooden. amazing detail!

[Kathy Burzynski]

getting low for the shot I think made the difference. Very nice

[Casablanca]

His head looks almost carved out of wood. How beautiful

[Lee]

Did you have to look up its name? I would have. Good shot.

[Dione Giorgio]

Beautiful shot. Beautiful duck and amazing reflections on the ripples. I very much like your pov.

[Delboy79]

Great colours and agree with previous comment about the likeness to wood.Am I right in thinking the male develops these gorgeous colours at this time of year for mating purposes

[Pat Knowles]

He’s a real beauty. Love his smart colours!

[Judith Johnson]

Super clear capture

[Nick]

Lovely coloured duck.

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[Phil Howcroft]

@gamelee Lee I put "duck with orange head" into google and it returned me the name straight away !!!

[Loopy-Lou]

Beautiful capture

[*lynn]

beautiful capture, wonderful light and colors