Denise, the colors and tones if this image really work for me! You have beautiful detail where it is needed and yet it really does have a painted feel to it. Nicely done!
If you want to get super picky, you might play with the eye area of the lead duck - try to decrease the darkness around his eye so it more closely matches the duck behind him. That's my only nit on this one...and it's a very minor thing.
Excellent composition with a painted effect Denise, I like the pano crop which helps lead your eye in the direction of takeoff. I also like the two key wing positions displayed, one with the raised wing and the other with the wings down...a big congrats...:):cool: