Wood Duck

[hugh robateau]

Captured at Santee Lakes, CA. Comments and Suggestions appreciated. Thanks for looking.
Nikon D3
1/1250s f/5.6 at 600.0mm iso280

[Tim McIntyre]

Wow , no nits from me .The color ,composition and detail is just stunning.Congrats!
Tim

[Bonnie Block]

Beautiful! Love it just as it is, Hugh.

[Raymond Barlow]

pretty shot Hugh, looks like it needs some CW rotation imo., but I could be wrong though!

[John Cooper]

What A Superb Capture Hugh. These Wood Ducks Always Look Too Good To Be True!! A Truly Magnificent Image - Well Done!!!

[cjhockett]

Hello Hugh,
Very nice capture. I am curious if you used color noise reduction and or luminance smoothing? The reason i ask is there seems to be a lack of fine detail especially in the body feathers in light of a well focused image.
the best
cj

[Maxis Gamez]

Hi Hugh,

Lovely image, the colors and light are simply amazing! Excellent capture!

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

I Iove the colors and the red eye!!!

[Glenn Bartley]

Very nice image. For my taste you could take some off of the top and left.

[Ted Willcox]

I also would like to see a little off the top and left. Also maybe a little rotation? Beautiful image, well done.
Yours in Wildness
Ted

[Gary "Jake" Jacobson]

What a beautiful image Hugh! I love the coloring and composition!