Mandarin Duck (female)

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image a Lake Mirror in Lakeland, Florida. The original pair was introduced by the Parks and Recreation Department, they have now bred with two pairs that I know of... maybe more. 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 400mm (600mm FFE)
1/2000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering 0 EV ISO 2500 AWB
Post processing in Lightroom 6 and Photoshop Elements 10
Cropped for composition and presentation

[Steve Kaluski]

Hey Joe, this rocks, nice techs and PP looks awesome on this one, love that eye!

TFS
Steve

[gail bisson]

Very nice. Excellent detail and IQ.
Good DOF considering you were at 5.6!
Gail

[David Cowling]

Lovely. Super IQ and detail. The feather detail on the head is excellent. Very nice.

[Karl Egressy]

Beauty portrait shot, Joe. Excellent details and just the right amount of sharpness.

[Grace Scalzo]

The head and beak are so perfectly sharp and details. Glad to see the ladies getting some attention...you did a beautiful job here!

[Daniel Cadieux]

The whole face and neck area is just so well detailed and processed, very nicely done. Very appealing green BG too. If anything I would have preferred you point your lens up about another inch or so.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting, very much appreciated.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Joe, love the relaxed pose, and you have brought out the detail so well in this.