Wood Duck Drake

[Melissa Groo]

Canon 1D4
500mm
Gitzo/Wimberley

1/800 sec
5.0
ISO 640

Another from my weekend in Chagrin, Ohio in October. I was raised up a bit here, as I wanted to try to get some reflections. Reflection not great here but I liked the drop of water on the bill, the ripple in front, the BG, and the alert head pose.

In CS5, some crop, sharpening, eliminated double catch light, cloned out a couple funky things in water, brought down the white areas in Viveza a bit.

All C & C greatly appreciated. Thanks for looking!

[Doug Brown]

Everything about this image works for me Melissa! Sweet light, perfect head angle, the water droplet, and the gorgeous water. The shooting angle doesn't bother me in the least.

[gail bisson]

Well done Melissa. I love the water droplet and the BG colors and the HA.
Gail

[Dan Busby]

Shooting angle looks fine Melissa. I am lovin' the BG - can't tell where water becomes land. Cool. Nice work on the whites. The water drop brings it all together.

[Josh Clark]

Nice shot Melissa. The water drop really adds to it as others have mentioned. Lovely BG, blends in nicely with the foreground. Maybe a tad bit more sharping? Looks like you have no shortage of Wood Duck images from Ohio. Nice job on all of them you have presented.

[girisholeti]

This is perfect in all aspects. Light, BG, Colors, HA etc..

[dankearl]

Your photo's are getting hard to critique!
Very nice, only a better reflection would have improved this.
The colors and exposure are about perfect.

[Robert D. Gregg]

Great capture
good head angle
wish I could call it my own :)

BigBob...

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Melissa , you really got some great images of these guys. I love it all

[Tom Rambaut]

The colours of the water and the colours of the bird combine to make a lovley image as presented.

[Ofer Levy]

Light and colous are amazing!! Agree with a tiny bit more sharpening and would also consider a slight CCW rotation.

[MohsenVahedipour]

Melissa,
I like very nice soft light, lovely colors, perfect HA & water drop. Also very well exposed. TFS

[Jim Crosswell]

Beautiful image Melissa! I like the water drop, colours and composition.