Northern pintail in flight (2021)

A northern pintail drake (Anas acuta) in flight at the Llano Seco Unit of the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex in Butte County. During the winter months in Butte County, I thoroughly enjoy joining other bird photographers on weekends. I feel tremendously lucky to live near the Pacific Flyway, and to be able to take bird-in-flight shots for Wikipedia’s bird species articles.

This image achieved “Featured Picture” status, which is Wikipedia’s designation for finest image quality. The photo has since been used in articles like “Northern pintail”, and “Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex”, on various Wikipedia language versions.

This picture was taken with a Canon R5 camera and a Canon RF 100–500mm f/4.5–7.1 L IS USM lens. The lens is part of Canon’s acclaimed L-Series, known for superb optics and performance.

Museum-quality print produced with archival pigment inks on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta paper using a professional wide format Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-1000 printer.

Hahnemühle paper is made in my home state of Lower Saxony in Germany. It dates back to the year 1584 when the Duke of Braunschweig granted the right to build a paper mill to paper making craftsman Merten Spieß. Hahnemühle paper fulfills highest quality standards and provides an excellent ageing resistance.

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