Almost as pretty as her man!

[gail bisson]

Female wood duck. Cloudy day.
Canon 1 Dx 600 mm
ISO 1600 6.3 SS 1/640
small crop, usual LR sliders, NR to BG, a couple of spots cloned out from water.
Comments and critiques always learned from and appreciated with thanks,
Gail

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Gail, lovely low shooting angle and I really like the soft light and IQ in this. The iridescence on the feathers show up so well, and you have managed a slight had turn too. The bubbles from the 'kicking' feet add interest.

[Bill Dix]

What stunning colors you're captured on this hen. I don't think I've ever seen an image of one with such a lovely range. Well done.

[William Dickson]

Lovely frame Gail. Very nice BG and HA. I like the image quality and the POV. Great colours on the bird.

Will

[Mike Quigley]

Perfection in every category, nice job.

[Isaac Grant]

The female of this species is beautiful and you have captured her really well. Beautiful feather details and I love the complementary background. I think at this point it may not be worth mentioning due to screen variation but I see some posterization in the out of focus area above the bird that I am sure may not be on everyones monitor and I highly doubt is on the full res. So probably best to ignore it at this point. I see it on the 5k iMac but not on my phone so it has to be an issue on the iMac and compression.

[gail bisson]

The female of this species is beautiful and you have captured her really well. Beautiful feather details and I love the complementary background. I think at this point it may not be worth mentioning due to screen variation but I see some posterization in the out of focus area above the bird that I am sure may not be on everyones monitor and I highly doubt is on the full res. So probably best to ignore it at this point. I see it on the 5k iMac but not on my phone so it has to be an issue on the iMac and compression.

It must be our different monitors Isaac. i have the 21.5 in and you have the 27 ". i wonder why this is happening?
Gail
OOps- you were editing your post as I was typing mine!

[Tim Foltz]

Gail, you’ve really shown the subtle color variations on this hen.
nice angle, sharpness and BG.

-Tim

[Glenn Pure]

First class, Gail. I love the pop from the background but am amazed by the colours on this little wonder. We have 'wood ducks' in Australia too but they aren't a patch on these. Pose, tonal rendering and colour are all superb as is the signature detail. No grumbles from me on this one.

[David Salem]

You sure did this beautiful hen Justice.
That green background really makes her pop and the colors and details are stunning.
Very nice Gail

[Dorian Anderson]

Yeah, super pretty image, Gail. Good to see her getting some respect!

[arash_hazeghi]

pretty nice low angle with good details, the calm water was on your side. Excellent close up details too. I don't see any posterization but the colors are a bit dull to my eye, you could bump up the saturation. the darker feathers have some noise, should be easy to fix

TFS

[Geoffrey Montagu]

She's a beauty, Gail. I like how well you captured the iridescence in such soft light. Like the detail, eye contact as she's motoring along, and the low POV.

Geoffrey




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[annmpacheco]

She's sweet for sure, well done, POV, still water... The green on her head is wonderful, sooooo green!