I chose this tight crop to accentuate the invite to do "down under", as this handsome boy was all in the water but tail feathers in the next frame. The whites are hot as well as the light blue feathers and i tried a bit of burning in PS. The colors knocked my socks off, hope you like it too!
Very nice with a perfect head angle. Love the drops and the great pose for a bathing duck. Me thinks that the highlight are over-exposed... Ah, I just read your excellent self critique. How did you determine the exposure? a
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