Gadwall

[Mark Schmitt]

I would liked to have had a little lower angle on this shot and, perhaps the head turned just a fraction more toward the camera. Cropped to remove the reeds comming up from water; only wanted the reflections.

EXIF
Camera: Canon 20D
Lense: Canon EF 500 IS L / F 4.0
Mode: program / apeture priority
Metering: pattern
Exposure: 1/125 @ f 4.0; +.33 exp comp. ambient light
ISO: 200
White bal: custom 5200K
Hand held

Workflow: Adobe Lightroom 1.4 / Adobe CS2

[Tony Whitehead]

Lovely colours and feather details, Mark. I like the reflections of the reeds in the water. A little more space above to lower the duck in the image would be nice. If not available I would probably crop in tighter removing from left and below.

[Fabs Forns]

Agree on your self critique, beautiful colors all around.Thanks for sharing this one!

[Arthur Morris]

Hey, I love this as is, ESP the chestnut feathers that are showing and the reflections. Be careful what you wish for: the lower you get the less the impact of the reflections and the more the reeds will get into the BKGR. I wish only for a tiny bit more head turn.