Mallard

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image at Lake Mirror in Lakeland, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D7000
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 390mm (585mm FFE)
1/1600 F/5.6 Matrix Metering +1 EV ISO 1400
Post processed in Lightroom 5 and Photoshop Elements 10
Cropped for composition

[Tiago Caravana]

Nice eye contact and detail! The water color was what you had.

In terms of composition, I would have lose a bit of the FG, having more of the unfocused BG

[Bob Smith]

A great character shot Joseph. Catching birds in the moments of going about their daily lives--this one preening and fluffing--takes patience and a keen eye for their behavioural habits.

[John Robinson]

Hi Joseph. Common bird but great rendition. Super detail on this one with the gentle lighting too.
Great stuff !
Sasons best wishes to you.
John

[Karl Egressy]

Nice looking back pose and excellent feather details, Joe.