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I captured this image early Friday morning at Lake Mirror, Lakeland, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.
Nikon D7000
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm (600mm FFE)
1/1600 F/5.6 Matrix Metering - 1/3 EV ISO 280
Post processed in Lightroom 5 and Photoshop Elements 10
Nice pose and eye contact, Joe.
The side of the body might need some linear burn.
Joe:
Handsome drake with good pose/head angle. I might consider a minor crop off the bottom, and see if I could tease just a bit more detail out of the breast area. The brightest whites on the side are in the upper 240s, so not blown.
My first reaction was that it needed a sliver of CW rotation, but the eye/reflection line up pretty well, so just his slight angle away from us causing that impression.
Cheers
Randy
Karl and Randy, thank you for viewing, commenting and offering suggestions to improve this image. I also thought the image had more to give than was shown in the original as posted. I went back to the beginning and reworked the image in Lightroom. I believe this repost is better. Thanks again for taking the time.
Joe:
The repost is better, with more impact because of the tighter crop, and although the whites weren't blown in the original, the side does look better, more even in the rp. (kudos to Karl)
Cheers
Randy
Another lovely duck shot Joe, I like the repost better. Well done and thanks for sharing
