Practicing for Christmas Pageant - Duck angel

[Randy Stout]

Just for fun. From local bird sanctuary. Soft light, cooperative drake.

D700 500mm f/4 with 1.4 TC f/5.6 1/1250 ISO 1250 Gitzo/Wimberley

Post: CS4 PS, levels & curves, sharpening for web

Advice always appreciated

Randy

[denise ippolito]

Randy, Nice soft light and pose. I like the green on the head, you captured it nicely.

[Gary Esman]

Very nice Randy! I think you were standing in my spot when you took this! Just kidding.

[Harshad Barve]

What a cool pose , lovely details and sharpness here
TFS

[Marina Scarr]

Lovely mallard capture. Like the BG and the pose very much. It needs a slight amount of CW rotation and I would clean up a little bit just to the left of the duck's eye, if you are not opposed to such. The light here was really nice.

[James Salywoda]

Great pose and excellent detail Randy very nicely done. I like the water drops on the head..

[Stu Bowie]

Randy, I like the majestic pose, and good job with exposure on the greens on the head. I like the droplets too.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Loved the pose, nice details, comp too.. congrats..

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Well timed & exposed. Lovely colours & I like the droplets.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

As Denise said, the green on the head looks lovely. Good capture Randy. Like what you were aiming for here. :)