HE LOVES ME , HE LOVES ME NOT

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Today was a great day to shoot and I got some keepers. This is the first one I edited and I like it alot. Taken in St. Pete this morning. Removed a distracting oof body of another duck
Camera Model Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/2000
Av( Aperture Value ) 8.0
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
ISO Speed 500
Lens EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM +2.0x

C&C welcome thanks

[Grace Scalzo]

You always think of the greatest titles. Sweet image of this pretty female. I think it needs a tiny bit of ccw (even if it's an illusion.) I also do not think that the stray feather enhances the image and I'd like a bit less on the bottom. That being said, I really like the image alot.

[Arthur Morris]

Ditto Grace times 3. The extra feather would have been a nice touch if it had been sharp.... Where?

[Dumay de Boulle]

Lovely preening pose and the two feathers add. I would go with less space on the bottom and more on the top. Need a CCW rotation of about 1-2 degrees!

[Jonathan Ashton]

Lovely shot I would also rotate CCW a little and place the duck more bottom left, I don't mind the stray feather, the duck appears to be looking at it.

[Neil Nourse]

Cheryl, I like this one a lot. I agree on the rotation and bit more off the bottom. Perfect choice on DOF. I actually like stray feather.

TFS Neil

[Marina Scarr]

Love the title and the photo. I personally like the feather. Of course in a perfect world having it on the same plane and sharp would be nice. I would like to see less space on the bottom and more on the top if you have it.

I just love seeing posts like this with different behaviors!!!! You go GF!

[Daniel Cadieux]

I agree with rotation, and I like Dumay's crop suggestion. I absolutely love the stray feather, even if it is OOF, and would definitely keep it there. Yes, great title!

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

You always think of the greatest titles. Sweet image of this pretty female. I think it needs a tiny bit of ccw (even if it's an illusion.) I also do not think that the stray feather enhances the image and I'd like a bit less on the bottom. That being said, I really like the image alot.

Thanks Grace, yeah I was kinda liking this title :) I'm with you on the crop but am liking the feather. Just wish it were sharp.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Thanks and I'm glad I've got some backing for my feather. I to wish it were sharp but i think it completes the story being there. I will change the crop as well I was trying to not have to remove more oof birds this way.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Cheryl, nice monent and good title. Low angle is nice and so is the exposure. Agree about having the duck a little lower in the frame. very nice details.

species?

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Cheryl, nice monent and good title. Low angle is nice and so is the exposure. Agree about having the duck a little lower in the frame. very nice details.

species?

Thanks Kaustubh. I'm not sure but I think it is a female redhead? She was with other redheads and ringnecked ducks. Maybe someone can confirm my ID.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Lovely preening pose and the two feathers add. I would go with less space on the bottom and more on the top. Need a CCW rotation of about 1-2 degrees!

Thanks Dumay and others for the suggestions. I re -did the image removing the oof ducks up top and moved the crop I also rotated as suggested. I like it better.