Female Mallard Portrait

[Joe Senzatimore]

Not a large variety of winter ducks here yet , but it was such a nice day to be out. Settled for the local Mallards which are ever present.

800 ISO f 8 at 1/2500th


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[Grace Scalzo]

A fine capture of this beauty, Joe. I'm glad that you didn't overlook her. Wonderful pose, background, and nicely processed.

[dankearl]

Joe, great light angle and IQ.
I love Mallards, much overlooked with the right light and angle.
Very nice.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Amazing detail and nice pose. I find myself wanting just a little more room on the bottom

[Don Nelson]

Well done - good head angle for this straight-on image - If it were mine, I'd get rid of one of the double catchlights.

[Nick Palmieri]

A great image of a common bird. Head and neck tack sharp. Real sweet image!

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful portrait, great details and sharpness, Joe.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Very nice done. You got a great head angle and pose, and managed really well with the extracting detail throughout. I agree with Cheryl about more room on the bottom. If you can, clean up the bottom catchlight, although it's not a biggie.