Mottled Duck Portrait

[Milt Berko]

Olympus E-30
Sigma 50-500mm
Hand Held
1/640
f/9.0
AP
Center weighted metering
420mm

This image was made on the first day I used this lens.

[Sid Garige]

Nice job Milt. Great to see your first image with 50-500mm.

A nice head turn would have improved this image. Exposure is right on.

[Steven Grogger]

Nice shot. There may be some noise in the BKGR, though.

[Dave Leroy]

Nice close up of the mallard.

It just needs that head at least square to the camera or a bit towards. Viewer and duck would be much more connected with that good eye contact.

I like the shooting angle or even lower if possible.

Dave

[Julie Kenward]

Everyone nailed the critique - the head turn is the big issue here. (Check out the head angle information in the tutorial section of the forums!)

You did get a nice exposure and good DOF - details are crisp and you've eliminated anything distracting from the image.