Ruddy Shelduck

[Harshad Barve]

Dear all
Made this with D700 , 600mm, ISO 400, 1/2500, F 5.6 , tripod , cropped 70% of FF
All C & C are most welcome and much appreciated
Harshad

[Kim Rollins]

Harshad -

Very nice. Exposure is good, composition is good, clean bg, etc. I like it.

I would suggest that you may have a very slight yellow cast in the darks of this one (colors balanced well in highlights). I think that you could bring down the bg just a bit and increase contrast between the bird and bg. You might try a a Color Balance Layer and to the shadows only add about 4 or 5 points of to Blue and see what you think. This is just a suggestion of something to try as the image is very nice as is too.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Loved the light here bhai, nice details and I like the extra space around too..

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Harshad...liked the shooting angle and the light angle. The composition as well. But there is something strange about the feather texture. I am not able to articulate that....there is a brush-strokes kinda look. Lets wait and see if others feel the same.

[Anand Kavalapara]

+1 to everything in Kaustubh's comment.

Always a fan of a well defined catch light as in this.

Anand

[Harshad Barve]

Harshad...liked the shooting angle and the light angle. The composition as well. But there is something strange about the feather texture. I am not able to articulate that....there is a brush-strokes kinda look. Lets wait and see if others feel the same.

Nothing done to fethers here KD , :confused::confused:

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the angle and relatively calm water. I wish the bird were angled toward you and since the reflection is not so great, I might crop some off the bottom. I would also tone down the whites more.

[Randy Stout]

Harshad:

Nicely presented. I do agree with others about a small crop up from the bottom.

Cheers

Randy

[denise ippolito]

Harshad, I love the painterly feel to this. The water color is lovely. I like it alot. :)

[Jim Fenton]

On my monitor the exposure looks perfect. Whites are bright, but not overly so?

Detail / sharpness looks perfect and I really enjoy the green background.

Agree with those who have suggested cropping some from the bottom. I'd also take a little from the top balance it back out.

[Danny J Brown]

Hey HB - What a cool looking duck that I've never seen. The background on this one is awesome. I just love that green color.