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    I captured this image earlier this year at Ft. Desoto, Pinellas County, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

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    1/2000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering 0 EV ISO 450 AWB, camera supported by a monopod
    Post processed in Lightroom 6 and Photoshop Elements 10
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    Joe:

    Well exposed in bright conditions, drops, head angle, colors, all good.

    I might go with a slightly more pano crop with some off the bottom, matter of taste.

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    Nice one, Joe. Love the water and the eye.

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    I too felt that cropping from the bottom for more of a pano crop might work well here.
    Love the falling droplet. Nicely done Joe.

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    Hi Joe,

    Love the colours in this - contrast of the red of the bill and the eye against that soft blue water. And that drop of water on the end of the bill...
    Techs all look great and very nicely processed.
    Generally I try to place the duck lower in the frame, and I think that would work better here; but I do like the texture of the foreground water.

    Regards, Gerald

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