Merganser Drawing

[Janet Heintz]

This pair of Mergansers showed up at the Erie National Wildlife Refuge in Pennsylvania on Friday.
I loved the messy look of the old cattails and weeds and the ripples of water in the late evening sun.
I used topaz detail and topaz adjust to get the look of a pencil drawing type image.
desaturated a little after all adjustments were made.
Enjoy, Janet
Used Canon 7D
100-400 IS Lens set @ 400mm
1/200 @ 5.6
ISO 320

[Scott Vincent]

Janet, I agree - the messy environment really adds to this image, except for maybe the small twigs just in front of the ducks. And I love the little bird in the bottom-right - the eye is brought to so many places in this image.

[denise ippolito]

Janet, This has your signature look all over it. I like the de-aturated look and the sketched look. I like the way you were thinking OOTB for this one. The comp. is nice too. It may look nice w/ a sliver off the bottom too.

[James Shadle]

Interesting image that has a "cold" feel.
The water rings are a strong element in this image.
Like Denise I feel a little of the bottom would make this a stronger image.

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hi Janet, beautifully done. I prefer James' cropped repost and agree with Scott on the small twigs in front of the ducks. Nice capture!

[Indranil Sircar]

Beautiful composition, Janet. I like the inclusion of the habitat. Agree with the above comments... nicely done.

[Janet Heintz]

Hi All,
Thanks so much for the comments and suggestions. I to prefer the repost by James it brings my eye straight to the mergansers.
Have a great Day!
Janet