Anhingha

[Mitch Carucci]

When I started to work on this, I was not thinking of an OOTB image. It had a nice natural reflection. Unfortunately, there was a lot of detritus in the water. I started to clone it out and realized I would be at it for quite a while. So, I let flood do the reflection, and blended the anhinga's wake back in a bit. The reflection looks a bit artificial, but I think it works... Yes/No???

[Dennis Bishop]

Putting the wake into the reflection was a great touch. For composition, I'd be inclined to crop some from the left and from the bottom (a little into the reflection of the beak). The reflection doesn't look too artificial, as is, but I think cropping off part of the bottom would leave it even more realistic.

[Jay Sheinfield]

I agree on cropping a bit from the left, about an inch, leaving a background frame for the bird. The reflection looks fine to me. Good work.

[denise ippolito]

Hi Mitch, very nice work, I like the way this one turned out. I don't mind the extra room on the left.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Hi, Mitch, I like the way it turned out. I'm OK with the image as it is.

[Paul Lagasi]

wow...I gotta find that flood filter ...I like the resulting image, looks pretty real...I might soften out the solid line between the birds chest and plant..nice work