Mallard Frolicking...

[Joseph Przybyla]

I called this a Mallard but is appears to be a Mallard X, some of the features are different. The completely dark bill for example. Anyways it was a pleasure to watch and photograph. Image captured at Lake Morton 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 250mm (375mm FFE)
1/2000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering 0 EV ISO 500 AWB
Post processed in Lightroom 6 and Photoshop Elements 10
Cropped for composition

[Marina Scarr]

Love this splish splash, I just wish there were less room on the bottom and more on top. That would have made it look as though you were lower when you captured this action.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks for viewing and commenting Marina. Easy fix I have a little more room at the top so I can move the duck lower... good suggestion.

[Karl Egressy]

Excellent splash captured, Joe. It is hard to focus on the bird with all the water droplets around but it worked out for you pretty good.

[keith mitchell]

Joe I think you have done very well focusing through all that water, treat to look at just shows what you can do with a so called common bird.

Keith.

[Diane Miller]

Wonderful! Love the view and detail through the droplets.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing, commenting and offering suggestions to improve the image, very much appreciated.