Ducklings

[WIlliam Maroldo]

SonyA700~Sony70-400G@400mm~ISO1000~F6.3~1/1250 sec~manual exposure~Hand Held~3-17-2010~Houston, Texas~CS4/ Redfield Fractalius
comments and critique welcomed. regards~Bill

Denise: is this a closeup? If so maybe in this weeks theme?


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Posted 2009 BPN

[denise ippolito]

Bill, It qualifies as a close-up and I added the word theme to your title. Adorable times a thousand!!:) I like the comp. with the partial second chick. I might clean up the outline on the head of the main chick. excellent work with the filter and I love the eyes.

[Kora Baker]

Great filter work on these sweet ducklings, Bill. The effect makes them look twice as cuddly:)

[Nick Palmieri]

Real nice effect on this. I like the contrasting dark and light chicks.

[Julie Kenward]

Adorable is absolutely what this is! Gosh, I can't wait for this year's crop of babies! Only suggestion I have is that the eye on the yellow one looks a tad soft and I think you could probably bring up the small catchlight on the dark duck's eye as well - just a touch. Everything else is perfection!

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Cuteness factor off the charts Bill.:) Love the baby ducks. Curious as to the dark one, did you darken it in PS?

[WIlliam Maroldo]

Appreciate the comments. Good suggestions. No, I did not darken the duckling, Jackie, it sure sounds like a lot of work if I did! There was a duck on the right (actually the back half) that was evicted and I think that is what caused the head outline problem Denise mentioned. Appreciate all such problems being brought to my attention. regards~Bill

[Christopher Miller]

What's not to love about these two cuties! :) Lovely filter work and composition. HA could be better on the dark one, but no biggie. I would definitely bring up the highlight in the dark one's eye a bit.

[Kerry Perkins]

Major cuteness Bill! Love the little guys/gals. Nice soft and subtle frac work. Very nice!