Mandarin Duck (drake) (C)

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image in 2014, tweaked a bit and resurrected it for the theme this month. The morning I captured this image was very foggy. I stayed home till the fog began to lift, then going to a local lake a short distance away. I fouind this Mandarin drake swimming amongst the lily pads with the fog still shrouding most of the lake. 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
1/1000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV +1 2/3 ISO 2000 AWB
Post processed in Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC 2017
Cropped for composition and presentation

[Tim Foltz]

Joe, I really like the simplicity of this shot, nice subtle colors, may need a slight rotation clockwise.
Very artsy.

-Tim

[William Dickson]

Very nice Joe, and you have captured the beautiful colours on the duck perfectly. The crop works for me and the reflection adds.

Will