Wow Bruce,
The thumbnail doesn't do this justice.
Love the way the water droplets splay out across the face.The single water droplet on the tip is lovely as well.
terrific detail and the iridescence shows well.
I would do another round of NR on the BG. I like the tight comp but think it would also look nice with a sliver (2%) more canvas on top and (2-4%) more on the left.
Gail
Love the curved shape here!! Excellent job on the blacks and whites. Composition looks good, and as a 2:3 ratio with more on the left would be awesome too. The lily pad adds context to the habitat but I can't help wonder if it was not there. Love the water drops and details, very appealing image!!
Thank you all very much for your kind and helpful comments. The tight crop on the left is at least in part due to some laziness on my part, there are bits of somewhat messy vegetation just outside the frame, that I didn't want to try to clean up or to have distract from the details on the face of the bird.
Wonderful close up shot.
Excellent details, love the head angle and the water drop is the icing on the cake.
A tad more would be nice, but still a gorgeous shot.
Well done.
Common Loon portrait
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