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    Brandon Holden
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    Another shot I haven't posted anywhere before, I photographed this male Wood Duck in April. It was the first time I had found tame birds that were on a small pond (instead of Lake Ontario), which gave me something other than a blue watery background.

    I waited until the birds were mostly shadowed, but the red dogwoods and crack willows were still sunlight. Then used the flash to light the birds (giving both a bright and colourful bg and bird).

    I had a hard time sharpening the file at this smaller size, so I would be interested to see if you think it looks good or not.

    Happy Shooting!

    Brandon

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    Hey Brandon. Great to see you posting here! Your images are always a treat and this one is no exception. Gorgeous bird and water. To my eyes it looks like it needs a touch of CCW rotation. The sharpening looks good to me.

    Cheers!

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    Axel Hildebrandt
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    Great image Brandon. Great light and water colors. Sharpening looks good, I'm not sure if it needs rotation, could be the angle but I would desaturate it a little.
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    I think the coloring of the wood duck is beautiful and the warm coloring on the water is great. Rotation and slight desaturation could be helpful. Nicely captured.

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    These guys are tough to shoot and hard to present so they are believable. Great color and water.

    jn

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    Hillebrand Breuker
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    nice looking duck in great light. Flash was done very well. Don't see the ccw rotation, desaturation - especially the eye - would be a great idea imho

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    Fabs Forns
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    Hi Brandon,

    What a sweet image!
    Rotation looks good to my eye and agree on going back two points in saturation.

    Thanks for sharing this :)

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    Jody Melanson
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    Wonderful image, Brandon. I would at least desat the reds...

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    Well done. Agree witht the slight desat, but here is the #1 professional Wood Duck image tip: Select the iris and deSAT the reds about 15 points... I do it with every WD image.

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