Rosy-Billed pochard (Pato Picazo)

[Patricio Murphy]

Nikon D200, 80-200 f/2.8 + kenko 1.5xTC @185mm, 1/400, f/4, ISO 400

[Paul Kusmin]

Hi Patricio, great-looking bird, I've never seen one of these.
I like the light but would have liked to see a lower angle.
Perhaps cleaning up a bit of the water debris would help as well.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Lower angle for me too and slightly better head angle; light is fabulous though! Congrats! :)

[Daniel Cadieux]

Head angle is bummer...do you have any frames where the duck is looking this way instead? I would definitely clean up some of the spots in the water. The patch tool should work great for that. Although I know the reflection would be affected I would still have prefered a lower angle in this case (if it was at all possible). Good exposure, and sharpness seems OK. The image has an slight overall "yellow" feel to it - I'm sure that reducing the yellow channel (adding blue) in PS Color balance would give you a nice result. Thanks for shring this beautiful little duck :-)

[Stu Bowie]

Excellent exposure on the blacks, and like the droplets on the head. Dan has pretty much covered the nits.

[Fabs Forns]

Beautiful duck and great suggestions by all. I see something strange in the face's posture, because the eye is facing away but the bill is turned towards us.

[Patricio Murphy]

Hi! Thanks everybody for the kind words and the suggestions.
I'll post a portrait I could get, but lower angle was impossible, since in this particular spot there's no way to be at water level (other than what I'll probably di this friday: use a boat).
I'll check the suggestions and put them to work on the next shot :)
Thanks again!