One more close up.

[Gary Esman]

7D, 700mm, cropped from horizontal, 1/1000, iso:320, f/7.1

One more close up of a Woody. I had to clone out a dying blurred lilly pad that intersected his mouth. Added canvas on top and ran NR to help blur the canvas addition.

C and C welcome and bunch of thanks for looking.

Gary.

[Josh Clark]

Great portrait shot Gary, really like the open beak calling as well. Gives it a different kind of look I think. Great colors on the head.

[Randy Stout]

Gary:

A very happy looking fellow!

Very sharp, good job on cleanup and canvas extension.

Excellent shooting angle.

Just a bit bright for my personal taste.

Cheers

Randy

[Tom Rambaut]

I love these ducks - I may have to go to the USA just to see this species. Great eye contact and the open beak is a nice touch. The whites look blown in parts, any chance of recovery in ACR from the RAW file? Nice job on the extension and cloning.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Love the open mouth happy look. Nice and close and good PS work on the clone

[Melissa Groo]

Such personality you captured in this drake, Gary. Love the open bill, the alert pose, the awesome detail and sharpness. Wonderful head portrait.
Keep em comin!

[Bill Dix]

Wonderful. Comp, colors, exposure, detail, HA all terrific. Great expression.

[Raul Padilla]

see it photo is very gratificant, the expretion is great, i feel happy

[Dan Behm]

Gary,
Sorry I missed this one... Such a Happy expression you captured. I do like the portrait crop here and the details are excellent.Great cloning job around the beak, They sure got close there a few times didn't they. excellent work!

Dan