Hard to believe it's already time to think about posting Ducks as the winter approaches.
This Pintail Drake was consistently on the river just before a small waterfall last winter. This particular morning the light was reflecting beautifully allowing me to capture the serenity of the moment.
R5 - from Nov 2021
840mm
Handheld
ISO 2500
1/1600
f7.1
LR and PS, topaz. Did a little cleanup in the bkg to blend the shoreline. Went a little stronger in the mid tones on this one as feedback has consistently seemed to be that my frames are a touch thin.
In case you might comment on the blacks in the wings, because of the way it was exposed, there really wasn't anything there to restore IMO - they were a bit 'chocked', as it were.