Common White Pekin

[Dave Phillips]

Back in late January, this white pekin was mixed in with a bunch of mallards
in a small bayou here in NW La.
I was crouched way low and when he turned my way....."slap-click".
Even with fairly fast shutter, the water shows nice motion



thank you for any critique

1/1250"
F/5.6
AV
ISO 400
+0.33EV
400mm

[john crookes]

Nice comp and exposure love the water my only nit would be that as a domestic duck it may belong in the hand of man forum

good job

John

[Stephen Stephen]

Dave good job with the pose in this image. I would have liked to have seen the whole reflection including but if this is full frame you obviously couldn't have managed that with such a low angle. Did you get any with both eyes in view?

[KurtPreston]

I just adore the water (color and those lovely ripples), but agree with Stephen that the full reflection would look better if it was possible to manage it. Alternately, I wonder if it might not look a bit better with less reflection and more space at the top.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Cute pose Dave and a great low angle. I do find the whites on the back to be a tad hot on my monitor. I agree about the reflection and if you can not include it all then you could crop a little tighter on the bottom and perhaps a little more room on top. Many thanks for sharing.

[Maxis Gamez]

Very nice. You did well with the exposure and details. Did you get one in vertical??

[Dave Phillips]

Thanks for all the input.
Regards the reflection, I went back and checked and there was a water ripple that cut the head in half
and was very unsightly.

Maxis, this is a fair crop and a vertical may be good too. I need to look at the reflection again
Thanks