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Judy Lynn Malloch
12-31-2007, 03:54 PM
Taken along the road leading to the back pond at Bosque over Thanksgiving.

Nikon D2X Nikon 600mm F4, ISO 320, taken from the car.

All comments appreciated. Thanks !

Sid Garige
12-31-2007, 04:53 PM
Very nice image. Excellent eye contact and catch light is perfect.

Judd Patterson
12-31-2007, 05:07 PM
What a beauty Judy! I love the lighting and the interesting pattern in the reflections. I wonder about straightening the image a bit? It seems that a CCW rotation of a degree or two might help.

D. Robert Franz
12-31-2007, 05:15 PM
Pintails may be my favoritie duck.. Great light and patterns on the water. As Judd said maybe a bit of rotation would help

Alfred Forns
12-31-2007, 05:17 PM
Just the rotation Judy !!!! Not easy to find them in clean water !!!! Just gorgeous !!!! Big Congrats !!!

Maxis Gamez
12-31-2007, 05:24 PM
What a beauty Judy! I love the lighting and the interesting pattern in the reflections. I wonder about straightening the image a bit? It seems that a CCW rotation of a degree or two might help.

Hi Judy,

I have to agree with Judd on this one. The details are fantastic!

George DeCamp
12-31-2007, 05:44 PM
I love this duckie! When I was in Bosque they all swam away from me. Nit already mentioned but easy to fix, you did well here, pretty image!

Fabs Forns
12-31-2007, 06:06 PM
Lovely settings for the Pintail, it has great fall colors :)

Lana Hays
12-31-2007, 07:26 PM
Judylynn
I never met a duck I didn't like....especially the pintails. Rotation mentioned. The duck is wonderful.....but the water is what I like most. The reflections of the reeds are intriguing. I think they'd make a terrific abstract image.

KK Hui
12-31-2007, 07:53 PM
A lovely image despite the rather busy bg, Judy!
Nice eye contact ...

Axel Hildebrandt
12-31-2007, 07:55 PM
Great mood, details and setting. CCW has been mentioned.

Jody Melanson
01-01-2008, 09:48 AM
Beautiful image Judylynn! I like the reflections and of course the subject. I would maybe lighten the dark colour on his head?

Jim Neiger
01-01-2008, 09:49 AM
Gorgeous water bg, Judy! Nice pintail too. The rotation nit has been mentioned.

Mike McCarthy
01-01-2008, 10:54 AM
Nice capture Judy. Details, color and lighting are wonderful. Nice job. I would like to see an alternate crop also. The bird is on the center horizon line. I think it might be a tad more dramatic, compostionally....if it was in the upper or lower 3rd of the horizontal . It's symetrical now...which can work, but I might like to see more room at the bottom.....leading the viewers eye "into" the frame at to the bird. Not crowding the top edge with the head...but more moving back just a tad and readjusting the position of the subject. Just a thought. Nicely done Judy.

James Salywoda
01-01-2008, 11:20 PM
Stunning great comp..