Ruddy Duck: Painting

Hi Folks;

Giving you 2 choices of painting a Ruddy Duck photographed at Sweetwater reclamation pond in
NW Tucson.

First was done in MS Digital Image Suite 9, border in CS5

Second was done using Corel Photo Essentials 4

Comments always welcome and appreciated

Keep smiling

Gus

#2 using Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4. On second look I would clean in front of beak.

And this is original

Definitely the first one for me. I like the cleaner head in that one as well as the painting effect on the water. Excellent comp and pose. Nice job. :S3:

First one for me too! Composition and color look great!

♠Definitely the first one, love the colors and nice technique.