Wood Duck

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this portrait of a Wood Duck in eclipse at Lake Mirror in Lakeland, Florida this morning. 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 400mm (600mm FFE)
1/2500 F/8 Matrix Metering -1/3 EV ISO 2200
Post processed in Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC, Iris Enhance in Lightroom and cleaned up a second catch light in Photoshop
Cropped for composition and presentation

[David Salem]

Nice looking portrait Joe. I like the details and colors in this hen along with the BG color. The eye is mesmerizing and captivating. Well done

[Randy Stout]

Joe:

Excellent preening pose, eye.

Some color noise in the background on my monitor.

I might be tempted to try a version with the luminosity of the head toned down just a bit, perhaps 5% or so, seems a bit too bright to me.

Cheers

Randy

[Daniel Cadieux]

Yes good preening pose, although I must admit that photographing preening birds from directly behind is not my favorite perspective. Nice details on the upturned feathers. The eye looks great.

[Ritesh Nangare]

Brilliant preening pose here love the details and great head turn an lovely colours and feather details......


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[gail bisson]

I like this.
Great details on the head and eye. Good DOF.
I can't decide if the head is a bit too bright or if the dark feathers at the bottom of the frame trick the eye into believing the head is too bright.
Nice image and neat perspective,
Gail

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting, very much appreciated.