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    This image was created at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge in Tyre, New York on 5/5/18 at 6:49AM. Image adjustments in Lightroom and Photoshop.

    Hand held, Medium crop.

    Canon 5D MarkIV
    Sigma 150-600 Contemporary
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    ISO 1600
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    Sharp. Nice light. Nice duck -- not the easiest species to photograph. The background stick are obviously distracting, especially the ones coming out of the top of the bird's head and back.

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    Nice composition using the rule of third and the exposure is fine.
    As mentioned by Arthur Morris, I also find the sticks very distracting. If you had moved slightly to the right, the duck could have been without the sticks through the head.
    Also, a lower f-number could have blurred the sticks a bit more but probably not sufficient to avoid the distraction.

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    Nice sharp pic of the bird in lovely light.
    I wonder if it would help to ditch the rule-of-thirds and crop slightly more on the left to reduce the distraction of the sticks?

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    Lovely Gadwall in lovely light. Unfortunately, short of doing some serious photoshoppery, the sticks kill it for me.

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    Tough situation you had there as you were at the mercy of the background. Good light. Cool duck, one I have not had the pleasure of photographing yet.

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    Beautiful light. The sticks are distracting, as noted.

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