Very nice head portrait, sweet over your left shoulder light and perfect head angle. I would mask the sharpening from the top of the bill and maybe lighten the eye.
Lovely image with nice tech skills :)
I would use a different pixel image ratio. 3:2 would be more pleasant than this pano like one. This is just from a miss of showing more of the breast.
nice one Chris! good to see you on here as well.
agree with Stu on the dirty face helping with whites. pin sharp for me. I would maybe go for less space on top and more of the chest - the plumage is very nice?
Nice portrait, I like the details and eye contact and would remove the specular highlights at the tip of the bill. I agree with Gyorgy regarding the crop.
Sharp with stunning detail and a perfect EXP. Is this a free and wild bird? Is that a bread crumb at the base of his beak?
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Thanks for all the views and comment. Yep Arthur is a free bird. I took this shot at a local Bird sanctuary and some of them are just more use to humans than other. I were lucky to get close to this guy. The mark on the beak is a bit of mud or something.
Last edited by Chris Kotze; 06-13-2009 at 11:24 AM.
White Face Duck Portrait
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