Female Wood Duck.

[Karl Egressy]

This was also photographed on Sunday.
Thanks for looking.

Canon 1D MIV
Canon 500 f4.0 + 1.4x
ISO 800
f7.1
1/1600 s

[Nick Palmieri]

The IQ on the bird looks good. I love the colors and the pose. It looks like something was done to the water in the BG???

[Karl Egressy]

The IQ on the bird looks good. I love the colors and the pose. It looks like something was done to the water in the BG???

Thanks Nick. What do you think was done to the water, Nick?

[PhilCook]

Nice light and sharp detail, like the eye contact and sits in the frame well. I think Nick may just be seeing the oof effect on water ripples and i must admit it does catch my eye a little

[Karl Egressy]

For Nick's sake here is the original image.
Generally speaking I don't do much to the background (sorrounding) as I select the subject (bird) and do most of the PP. there.
Of course, exceptions strenghtens the rules.
From this image you can see I used the top row of focus squeres and moved it from center to the right, making sure that the bird fits in and I have the whole reflection.
Unfortunately the reflection was not pretty so I decided to not include it.
No PP was done to this image it is the way it came out of the camera.

[vishaljadhav]

Karl,

I love the original post however i would say i love the original image it is more powerful in terms of composition.
i would prefer the original in terms of composition
Love the details and the colors
Nicely done

[Mike Tracy]

I like the brushed look on the water and its colors.

[Satish Ranadive]

Gorgeous image beautiful lady.Great IQ,very nice colors and composition.
Love the pose,color scheme,water rings in front of lady and details.

Regards,
Satish.