Mallard (drake)

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image at Lake Mirror in Lakeland, 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 390mm (585mm FFE)
1/1600 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV +1 ISO 1400 AWB
Post processed in Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC 2017, cleaned up the eye in Photoshop and dodged in Lightroom, noise reduction to background
Cropped for composition and presentation

[stuart wanuck]

nice colors like reflection and eye contact

[Marina Scarr]

Well done with your low angle, calling pose and processing. Too bad the water hadn't better shown off your drake, but I feel you did a good job with what you had to work with.