Nose to Nose.

[dankearl]

Female Wood Duck getting in my space………
Full Frame cropped to vertical.

1/800, f5.6, iso1250, 500mm (300 w/ 1.7), D800, HH

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[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Dan, this is really nice. Great low angle, the head-on pose is cool, love the details on the duck with pleasing colors and BG.

[David Salem]

Nice low angle and head on pose. The feather pattern on the breast and the detail in it look great. Nice FG and BG color also. You got a pretty productive pond there Dan.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Very productive pond alright! nice head-on view, but hope you also got a perfectly symmetrical face-to-face one too. Good low angle as per usual. I could see a version with the duck a little lower in the frame, but OK as is too.

[John Rowell]

Very nice light on her, makes for beautiful colors. I really like the detailed pattern made by the breast feathers and the slight glow on top of her head. Her bill looks like she polished it up just for you!

[vishaljadhav]

Superb low level shot Dan
i love the exposure and the lovely details on the front of the bird
colours look nice, very nicely done

[Karl Egressy]

Nice head on shot, excellent POV and details, Dan.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the low angle, sharpness, feather detail, BG and composition. Very well done Dan.

[Holger Leyrer]

Wow, what for a very nice picture. Perfect in every way for me.