Ruddy Duck

[Indranil Sircar]

Taken earlier today at Don Edwards SF Bay National Wildlife Refuge...

40D, EF 70-200mm f/4 IS L + 1.4X @ 280mm
1/500 sec, f/8, ISO 400, Exp. comp. -1/3

your comments and feedback will be appreciated.

~ Indranil

[Robert Amoruso]

Indranil,

F/8 gave you some good DOF and with the head turn, the position works well. You also handled the strong light well. I would try opening up the shadows on the bill to show more detail.

[Maxis Gamez]

Hello Indranil,

I like the eye contact and head angle. I also think you did a great job keeping low. I would remove the noise in the BG.

[Indranil Sircar]

Robert, Maxis, thanks for the feedback. Here is a repost with the changes... i also removed few of shining spots on the bill.

[Doug Brown]

The repost looks great!

[Arthur Morris]

While I agree with Robert on the positives and agree that that the repost is better, I feel that the image is quite contrasty and does not quite look sharp. Try using a reverse S-Curve to reduce the contrast.

[Indranil Sircar]

Artie, thanks for the feedback. Here is the antother repost after reverse s-curve and two-pass usm...

[Arthur Morris]

YAW. The last re-post is much more pleasing to my eye than the ORIG post. Way to go.