Portrait of a Mallard

[Lyle Gruby]

I shot this at a local lake. I had been shooting some DIF when this fellow came and sat near me, almost at MFD.

Techs:
D3S
700mm
1/1250 HH
f/5.6
ISO 800

All C&C welcome. This is FF as shot, did a very small amount of sharpening, cleaned up the bill a touch, and ran NR on the BG.

[Derek_Lauzon]

Great portrait shot of a Mallard Lyle, BG, exposure and detail all topnotch.

[Ivan Sjögren]

Nice clean portrait. IQ and details is excellent! Good exposure, wonderful light and great head angle. Love the reflection in the eye.

[Karl Egressy]

Great head pose, details and background, Lyle. He looks confident.

[Diane Miller]

Well done! Love the pose, sharpness and color.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Sharpness, colours, light all look great! Luscious BG too. Personally I'd have preferred a bit better HA, but I suspect the face may have been into shade (or at least less sheen on those beautiful greens) when that happened.