Mandarin Topaz

[Brendan Dozier]

Saw this Mandarin duck at the animal park bird pond - amazing looking bird! I had never seen one in person. Their unique features and colorings almost make them look like finely made toys. Added some Topaz clean to try and accentuate that look.

[Richard Lovison]

Brendan,

Beautiful composition, capture and colors. You certainly achieved your goal with the effects as the bird does indeed look toy-like. Well done.

Richard

[Indranil Sircar]

Beautiful composition, Brendan. Love the colors and effect on the water. The reflection looks great... would have love to seen it complete. Nevertheless, excellent work. TFS.

[Christopher Miller]

Nice work, Brendan. The colors are just beautiful, and I really like the toy-like look from the topaz. I agree with Indranil that it would have been nice to have the whole reflection; I might also have tried to not cut off the tail. It's a very lovely image though regardless.

[denise ippolito]

Brendan, Ditto the reflection but this is a nice treatment you applied on this very colorful duck. I love them!!Nice pose.

[Maureen Allen]

Nice looking bird, Brendan. The colors are gorgeous and he does look a bit like a toy

[Kerry Perkins]

Good work with Clean on this one - looks like an expensive decoy! These are really cool birds, glad you got a chance to capture one.

[Judy Howle]

Gorgeous!! I like the Topaz filter effect. I'd love to see and photograph one.

[Brendan Dozier]

Thanks you guys, appreciate the feedback very much. I agree about the reflection, unfortunately the lower part was just too warped, and I thought it was more of a distraction.

[Steve Adkins]

Thanks for sharing this colorful, unique duck. Really like your treatment and pose.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Brendan, the Topaz is a nice look for this duck. I think I'd crop in tighter and eliminate most of the reflection.

[Andrew McLachlan]

Brendan, love the treatment you applied here as Kerry said it does look like an expensive decoy. Well done!