Muscovy Duck

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image at Lake Mirror in Lakeland, Florida this morning. This duck in native to tropical America (Mexico to Argentina) but there is a feral population established in Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D7000
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 380mm (570mm FFE)
1/1600 F/5.6 Matrix Metering +1 EV ISO 1000
Post processed in Lightroom 5 and Photoshop Elements 10
Cropped for composition

[Daniel Cadieux]

That is a perfect "full" wing stretch pose you got here! Nice details, colours, body/head angle. Well done with the exposure. I'd prefer more room above, and a little less below.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice pose and excellent details, Joe.

[Doug Brown]

Fantastic pose and excellent sharpness. I like the splash of color in an otherwise high key image. I agree with Daniel's crop suggestion.

[Mike Landwehr]

I've not considered the Muscovy Duck a worthy subject until I saw this image. I'll be looking for them this winter! Beautiful colors, great wing position, sharp, great head angle.