Ring Necked Duck

[dankearl]

Taken this morning, wild ducks still in the local ponds...
D500, 500pf, f5.6, 1/640, iso360
Processed in Capture 21 and Affinity photo (the best bargain of any software, anywhere!!)
Ringneck-1800A.jpg (http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=190470&stc=1&d=1617478582)

[gail bisson]

The IQ and detail simply rock in this image Dan!
Love the view of the "ring".
Great low POV.
Only suggestion would be to clone out the whitish spot in the water to the right of the tail.

[Brian Sump]

Dan, really pretty image! Composition and that sweet preening pose are fantastic.

I think it needs a good amount of warmth; feels very cold and you can see the blue in the whites.

I gave it +14 temp and -7 tone in LR and -20 highlights and it really opened it up. Take a look and see how you like it.

[Paul Burdett]

Looks good to me Dan. Love the pose and eye connection here. Agree with Brian re the blue hue in the whites.

[Randy Stout]

Dan;

Great POV, pose, lighting. Yes, a bit cool, but that is what mornings look like on many ponds. Personal choice for me re: color temp.

The catch light looks like a bit of fill flash?

Well done.

Randy

[jack williamson]

Looks good to me, the eye is special.

[John Mack]

I like the pose and the low angle.