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Bronze-winged duck        Images © Mark A. Chappell

This beautiful duck lives in southern South America.  These were photographed on the bank a small roadside pond near Punta Arenas, Chile and in nearby Torres del Paine National Park.   Soft light enhanced the metallic sheen of the 'speculum' in the wing.

  • Canon 7D, 500 mm IS + 1.4X extender, fill-in flash (2009)
  • Nikon F3, Nikon 400 mm f5.6 EDIF, Kodachrome 64