Demure

[dankearl]

One more from a recent late evening duck photo shoot.
1/320
f5
iso400
440mm
SB600 flash

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[Ron Sprunger]

Another dark masterpiece. You just keep them coming one after the other. Great use of flash once again, and I love the head turn. Might be an optical illusion from the bird's angle to the camera, but looks to me as if a little CW rotate would be in order.

[Tom Redd]

Dan, I love the lighting, the BG makes this guy really pop!! Excellent detail and pose. Congratulations on a great capture.

[arash_hazeghi]

nice preening pose Dan, maybe a bit room on the left and bottom and a tad brighter overall. very nice!

[gail bisson]

You are soon going to be called the renaissance duck man. Love the lighting and pose. Agree with a bit of rotation,
Gail

[christopher galeski]

very nice image,nice pose,like the dark BG,thanks.

[Stu Bowie]

Dan, I like these look back poses, and good to see the different detail and colours. With poses like this, its best to move the subject to the right, so they have space to look into on the left. The dark BG works well.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

I love this light you have on this series and this pose too but I do see some noise in the bg easily fixed with NR.

[Arthur Morris]

With the nice ripples in front of the bird I am fine with the COMP. Perfect head angle for a preener. Yes to a tad lighter and perhaps a bit of CW rotation.