Mallard Hen Portrait

[Lyle Gruby]

I shot this one minute apart from the greenhead I posted yesterday. I suppose they were couples coming onto the shore for the sunset with me.

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

All C&C welcome. Just a tiny crop, slightly sharpened a part of the head and destructured the BG in Viveza.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice portrait, Lyle. The coloration and the patter of the head is atypical. Could it have been some kind of cross?
Somebody, expert in Duck ID might now.

[Diane Miller]

At first I thought, too much yellow. But it took me about half a second to fall in love with it!!

[Ian Wilson]

Very nice Lyle, the light works well, technically spot on. Looks like you could have closed down the aperture for more DOF on the foreground but still a pleasing image. Regards, Ian