Lesser Scaup drake

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Completely focussed on ducks right now. They'll be flying off soon. 40D. 400f5.6 at f/6.3. iso 400. 1/1000s. Could have stopped down further to get the full duck in DOF range. But I wasn't sure how blurred the BG will be as I was not real low.....and as there were a lot of ripples, I wanted a good blur.

All critiques welcome and appreciated.

[Randy Stout]

Kaustubh:

Well exposed with nice detail in whites and most of the blacks. Nice head position,eye contact and sharpness.

BG and composition work for me.

Cheers

Randy

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Kaustubh, good low angle, and well done on the exposure. I like the sheen on the head, and the eye stands out nicely. Well captured.

[Markus Jais]

A great shot of this duck. I like the low angle, the perfect exposure and the head angle.
The yellow eye goes very well with the blue water.

Markus

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the light, head angle, low angle and eye contact. I might try to get more details in the blacks and sharpen a bit more, particularly the body.

[Dave Leroy]

Well done on a classic pose.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Loved the angle, light, details and HA here bhai...

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Thx. everyone. I dont get bored of shooting these guys. I guess its also because soon they'll be leaving for their breeding grounds. The eye of this duck really makes a big difference in the photo.