I would liked to have had a little lower angle on this shot and, perhaps the head turned just a fraction more toward the camera. Cropped to remove the reeds comming up from water; only wanted the reflections.
EXIF Camera: Canon 20D Lense: Canon EF 500 IS L / F 4.0 Mode: program / apeture priority Metering: pattern Exposure: 1/125 @ f 4.0; +.33 exp comp. ambient light ISO: 200 White bal: custom 5200K Hand held
Lovely colours and feather details, Mark. I like the reflections of the reeds in the water. A little more space above to lower the duck in the image would be nice. If not available I would probably crop in tighter removing from left and below.
Hey, I love this as is, ESP the chestnut feathers that are showing and the reflections. Be careful what you wish for: the lower you get the less the impact of the reflections and the more the reeds will get into the BKGR. I wish only for a tiny bit more head turn.
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