This image was taken yesterday from a blind on a woodland pond. The light is brighter on this one than the image I posted yesterday. What do you think? 40D, 500 f/4 + 1.4X, 1/1600, f/8, ISO 400. I removed some specular highlights and cropped from the vertical original. Comments are welcome.
Nice composition, eye contact and colors. I might decrease the contrast a tad, apply NR on the BG and sharpen the bird a bit more. You could decrease the saturation of the reds in the eye for more details.
Love the soft light and the colors. This is always an awkward COMP but you handled it very well. And this one has the purple cheek patch! Well done on all counts.
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Wood Duck portrait #2
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