Another Mallard silhouette

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

40D. 400f5.6L wide-open. iso 320. 1/2500s. evaluative metering with exp. comp -1.

I did get one where the duck is fully in the orange but HA was bad.

[Stu Bowie]

Kaus, the sun's reflection running through the frame makes this IMHO. I can also see various comp in this too. Im thinking of either the duck at the top ( with the refelection going all the way down, or the other way around, with the duck at the bottom, with the reflection running up the frame. Just a thought. ;)

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

beautiful light/color

[Mike Tracy]

I really like the temperature of this. Agree with exploring various crops but it's also fine as is.

[Gal Shon]

This is so beautiful. the path of light towards the duck works very well.
I think it needs a bit of CCW rotation.

[Chantelle Voss]

Very nice! The bright band of reflection down the middle does an excellent job carrying the eye down the entire length of the image. I have mixed feelings about the cropping; the bird works well positioned off center but I think the effect would be enhanced if the bird was lower in the frame. Great job, thanks for sharing!

[Gary Jones]

This is great - Stu said it all. Personally, I would take a bit off the top, but as you can see everybody has had mixed opinions on this, so it is what works for you!!