Mallard Duckling

[Jim Crosswell]

This was taken in the lake near my house. All C&Cs are welcome and appreciated.

Canon 40D
500L f4
1.4 Extender
ISO 400
1/400s
f7.1
Tripod

[Arthur Morris]

When I saw the thumbnail, I thought, "This may be a perfect image." I was right: killer light and SH, a beautiful crop, perfect head angle and wake, and fluffy where it needs to be fluffy. EXP perfect. Kudos!

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Very nice Jim. I especially like that you were able to extract detail while not over-sharpening - hard to do on these baby birds.

[Josh Clark]

Gorgeous Jim. Very proud looking duckling. Really like the low POV and soft light.

[Marina Scarr]

Just love this little ball of fluff. The light is killer with great details. Those water drops really work.

[Shawn Zierman]

Excellent light quality. Subject matter is cute to begin with, but captured this soundly from a technical aspect, takes it
to another level. Love the water movement. The crop is creative.

[arash_hazeghi]

sweet light and nice warm light, I like the water drops too

[Daniel Cadieux]

This is as good a mallard duckling image one could hope for! Everything has come together beautifully here. Only an even younger indivdual can top the cuteness factor, which is already quite strong.:S3:

[Karl Egressy]

Amazing shot, Jim. Love the light and details.

[Jim Crosswell]

Thanks everyone for your kind comments.