Wood Duck

I captured this image of a Wood Duck drake at Lake Morton in Lakeland, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D7000
Nikon 70-300mm F/4.5-5.6 VR AF-S ED shot at 300mm (450mm FFE)
1/500 F/8 Matrix Metering 0 EV ISO 250 AWB
Post processed in Lightroom 6 and Photoshop Elements 10, cleaned up a couple weird reflections on the water
Cropped for composition and presentation

A really pretty duck, and I like the relatively calm water with a bit of undulating surface. I do wish the subject was lower in the frame and swimming at least parallel to us though.

Fits the theme very well!
IQ and light are excellent. Just wish he wasn't swimming away from you but there is a slight head turn towards you so not a big issue.
I agree with Daniel re: moving him lower in the frame and adding the difference up top,
Gail

Hi Joe,

This water is beautiful. Here's another vote for lowering the bird in the frame as Daniel suggested. I am wondering if the white balance seems a little warm to you? Was the shot taken when the sun was low?

TFS-Ross

Nice image, Joe. Angled towards us would make it superb.

Thanks everyone for viewing, commenting, and suggesting improvements. Very much appreciated.....