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A male Ruddy Duck rushes across a pond in a courtship display. To freeze the duck’s movements and the splashing water, photographer Carol Polich used a Canon EOS 7D Mark II with an EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM lens (settings f/8.0, 1/2000, spot metering, ISO 400).