The above image is cropped in quite a bit because I wanted to show how the water from the rapids was beading up on this harlequin duck’s feathers. I thought it was pretty cool. The uncropped image is below. I spent a lot of time photographing the harlequins in Yellowstone last month and I’m quite happy with the results. In my opinion, harlequin drakes are among the most beautifully colored ducks, along with Mandarin and wood ducks.

^{Harlequin Duck Drake. Canon R5, 500mm +1.4TC, tripod, 1/1600 @ f8, ISO 1600 (full frame)}