Ring-necked Duck

[Steve Maxson]

This drake Ring-necked Duck was photographed from a blind on a small woodland pond. 40D, 500 f/4 + 1.4X, 1/640, f/6.3, ISO 400. Comments are welcome.

[Marina Scarr]

Stunning head angle and pose. Nice detail in the face. Having a difficult deciphering if it needs a tad of CW rotation...this is not my forte. Like the water droplets on the face and body and the light is sweet.

[Fabs Forns]

You managed to get a good eye on difficult pupils. Great colors and water droplets a big plus.

[John Chardine]

Lovely Steve. Great head angle and pose. Nice sharpness. What great birds! I tried a little boost in contrast and saturation in Ps and seemed to work nicely.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Great light, pose, comp, detail, exposure and colors. Congratulations!

[Stu Bowie]

Steve, good comp, super pose with a great head angle. Excellent exposure, good detail, and I like the droplets all over the head and neck. I like the colours of the BG too.