Green winged teal

This image was created at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge in Tyre, New York on 5/5/18 at 7:27AM. Image adjustments in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Hand held, Medium crop.

Canon 5D MarkIV
Sigma 150-600 Contemporary
600mm
ISO 1600
f8.0
1/2500sec

Hi John,
I love the way you brought out the iridescence in the green head and coverts. This is key to achieving a good image of a green winged teal!
I like the BG water and the shade of blue and the little mound the teal is standing on.
I find the stalks very distracting and would eliminate the OOF stalk nearest to the duck. In an ideal situation, none of the stalks would be there,
gail

Nice bird in an horrific setting. Do you see a difference in the repost?

with love, artie

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Originally Posted by Arthur Morris

Do you see a difference in the repost?

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Thanks Arthur,

The birds head looks lighter.

YAW. It might look better lighter still but I did not want to overdo it.

with love, artie

The iridescence of the green on the wings shows up nicely and I like Artie's improvement.
I agree with Gail and would remove the stalk just left of the bird.