Mallard on Ice

[Jim Crosswell]

This was taken a couple months ago at a local river. All C&Cs are welcome and appreciated.

Canon 1D MK IV
500L f4
1.4 Extender
ISO 1600
1/320s
f5.6
Tripod

[adrian dancy]

A superb image for its simplicity and the detail is excellent.

[Anthony Thompson]

Very clean detailed portrait.

Is this straight out of camera? Cropped? any PP? Im assuming at 500mm +TC that its straight out of camera?

[Patrick Sparkman]

Nice image. Good composition, HA, and I like the orange feet. Have you tried increasing the contrast a little? Maybe a little brighter to reduce the gray color tone of the background.

[keith mitchell]

Jim did wonder about a little bit more at the bottom ,but that apart I do think the detail and texture of the feathers is lovely,think Adrian's comment above covers my thoughts spot on.

Keith.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice clean image. Lovely pose, Jim.

[Adhika Lie]

I love the walk here. Those feet are adorable. Very clean, indeed.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Jim, lovely clean image, good low shooting angle, and I like the splash of purple from the wing.

[Jim Crosswell]

Thanks everyone for the comments and suggestions. Sorry for the slow response I was on vacation for the past week trying to escape a cold spell here. Anthony it is close to full frame. I can't remember what I did in PP but it was very minimal.
Patrick I didn't try a version with increased contrast. The BG was very gray in real life so I don't mind it but feel free to adjust the image if you want to.