Wood Duck

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

I made this image during my San Diego Trip couple of years back.


Nikon D500, 500 f/4 + 1.7x TCIII
1/3200 sec; f/6.7; ISO 1000
Manual; Matrix metering

Post Processing:-
Removed spots on water
Raw Processing using C1P
Neat Image for NR
Detail Extractor 30-30 Filter
Raised brightness of blues a little.
No Cropping
Sharpening for Presentation.


Let me know your thoughts and comments.


Thanks
Krishna

[Randy Stout]

Krishna:

Good shooting angle to generate a good reflection. The slight ripple unfortunately did distort the head some.

Nice display of the wide range of colors this species has.

The detail extractor has a tendency to lighten colors a bit, so that they look slightly washed out. Although he is obviously very colorful, it would be interesting to see a version with less detail extraction.

Cheers

Randy

[David Roach]

No reason to go lower here. That water is a beautiful backdrop for this beauty. No nits from me. TFS

[Jonathan Ashton]

Very nice indeed, I like the still water and the wake in front, the detail on the bill looks pretty good, highlights and darks well controlled - well done.

[John Mack]

Nice frame if this woodie. Really like the color on this guy. Like the reflection as well.

[gail bisson]

Good solid image of a woodie.The exposure looks great.
I have to agree 100% with Randy's critique.
I would like a sliver more room behind the duck,
Gail