Drake Pochard

[Simon Wantling]

Managed to catch up with the bird today in some wonderful light over my lunch break.

7D, 500 + 1.4X, f7.1, ISO400, 1/800, HH

[Karl Egressy]

Lunch break well spent. Very nice shot.

[Shawn Zierman]

The low shooting angle is very good, as is the light quality. Head angle is perfect. The bright highlights on the face around the eye are a bit jarring, but then, on the other hand, I enjoy all the water droplets on the back....

[Arthur Morris]

Hi Simon,

Nice image. Love the duck and the soft light and the detail in the white/light gray feathers. Here is a case, with those nice reflections, where the duck could have been placed in the middle of the frame or even higher....

For me the huge specular highlights on the wet face and the bill are very distracting. Thus the cleaned up repost with some Eye Doctor work as well.

[John Robinson]

That's better !
Nice one.
JR

[Simon Wantling]

Thanks all and the repost looks great especially the eye. Thanks for taking the time.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Simon, lovely low angle, and well exposed in soft light. I do like the droplets on the back, and Artie's clean up of the head has really taken this up a few notches.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Lovely shot, although it is nice to see some water on the head too much can be distracting - Artie has done a first class job to make your image even better, the crop off the top has helped too.

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks all and the repost looks great especially the eye. Thanks for taking the time.

YAW. Glad that you liked it. Used the Patch Tool, the Spot Healing Brush, and Content Aware Fill. All as described in our Digital Basics File (https://store.birdsasart.com/shop/item.aspx?itemid=252) (plus tons more).