Mandarin Duck

[Geir Jensen]

Data : F 5,6 1/160 , ISO 400 , 700mm . Poor light. Duck was svimming under a tree

[gail bisson]

Hi Geir,
Great low POV but still wish for a bit more room at the bottom of the frame for the "virtual legs/body.
I like the green color of the water.
I wish you had more DOF for this shot. Hindsight is always 20/20 but I would have jacked up the ISO to 1600 to get a greater aperture although you still would have some OOF elements but that might have saved the bill from being OOF.
Gail

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Geir - I really like the colors, low pov and angle but agree with Gail that you needed more room below and to the left as well as additional dof to take this to another level.

TFS,
Rachel

[Randy Stout]

Geir:

Good comments from Gail. More room and dof would help, but at that focal length and distance, even f/8 wouldn't give a lot more dof, but always worth a try.

Might try softening the specular highlights in the bg a bit more. Softer than prev. post however.

Keep working this fellow, so handsome.

Cheers

Randy