Red-headed duck

[Jason Ambler]

I have not posted many images on this forum but hope to change that so here is one of a red-headed duck that I often see at a local pond. I have cropped a little water off of the left, top and right.

Body: Canon 1DMKIII
Lens: 500mm f4 IS
Aperture:f/7.1
Shutter: 1/1000s
ISO: 320


C&C always welcomed and appreciated.

Jason

[Tony Whitehead]

Lovely colours and amazing eye, Jason.Stands out well against the blue. Maybe some CCW rotation?

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Beautiful bird, good details and exposure control. I agree regarding CCW rotation. Do you have the full reflection of the head? Keep them coming!

[Ramon M. Casares]

Agree with comments above! Very nice shot, light, colours, comp, and detail are great! Congratulations!

[Bryan Erb]

Nice detail and light, agree with rotation, very nice image.

[Stu Bowie]

That head and eye stand out so well in this. Well captured Jason.

[Jason Ambler]

Thank you all for your comments and suggestions. I will try the CCW rotation. I can see how that would improve the orientation of the duck in the frame.

Axel, Unfortunately I did crop the reflection as shown, no head reflection in this image. :(

Thanks again,

Jason

[John Ippolito]

Exposure, detail/sharpness and saturation make this a beautiful portrait. Ideally I would have liked more of the reflection, but lovely none the less.