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Ron Caswell
11-28-2009, 08:28 PM
A Male Mallard for critique, Took this image a week ago and have done various cropping to it till I was able to settle on this. Thank you, Ron
http://caswell.zenfolio.com/img/v6/p890885659.jpg
Daniel Cadieux
11-28-2009, 09:09 PM
Tremendous golden colour to the water, and nice light too. Comp works OK, I'd probably crop close to an inch below and add that above (if you have it) - you want to take advantage of that colour! Face is nice and sharp as it should be and because of that I don't mind the shallow DOF. I'd be tempted to lighten the iris a bit.
Gary Esman
11-28-2009, 09:14 PM
Awesome background! Love the HA, Eye is spot on. Very nice detail in the bottom of the bill. Great job Ron.
Joel Eade
11-28-2009, 09:26 PM
Agree, very nice golden colors reflecting in the water, feels like fall, excellent image.
Ron Caswell
11-28-2009, 09:33 PM
Thanks for the comments guys. Daniel I redid a crop like you suggested, I htink it does work better.
http://caswell.zenfolio.com/img/v4/p912058700.jpg
Mike Veltri
11-28-2009, 09:52 PM
Love the golden water, and details in the Head of the bird. I also like the edit more than the original photo.
Steve Canuel
11-28-2009, 10:02 PM
Real nice colors on this. Repost improves it.
Steve Maxson
11-28-2009, 10:05 PM
The background colors really make this image, Ron. IMO the repost is an improvement.
Randy Stout
11-28-2009, 10:10 PM
Ron:

The repost is very nice, Daniel made good suggestions as always. Colors are wonderful, and the slightly smaller bird size works better in my opinion.

Be sure to post your tech. details with the image so we can better understand what went into the image.

Cheers

Randy
Danny J Brown
11-28-2009, 10:13 PM
Hey Ron - This image is a bit surreal but I like it - very unique. I'm amazed at how much better it looks with the tiny correction you did on the crop! Good work and nice image.
Jim Crosswell
11-28-2009, 10:29 PM
I like the repost as well. The detail in the bill is amazing!
Harshad Barve
11-28-2009, 10:37 PM
Awesome golden colors and details in beak , repost looks better
TFS
Nagesh Mula
11-29-2009, 01:22 PM
Hey Ron, the repost looks much better mainly because of the relatively smaller size of the bird. As noted by everyone here, the BKGR is just awesome. Congrats!!
James Salywoda
11-29-2009, 10:06 PM
Excellent colors and details Ron I like the pose captured and the repost looks better.
Ron Caswell
11-30-2009, 07:49 AM
Thanks everyone, Thank you for the help in composition as I feel the photo has been improved by your suggestions, Ron