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    Brendan Dozier
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    Duckling from last spring. Crop, ACR, CS5, touched up eye and some spots on feathers.

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    I like the crop you chose, and I also like the wet look the the chest feathers. Nice soft colouring to the background. Good profile and the bill looks great. The pupil outline looks a bit too strong at lower half and it is a bit elongated (oval) rather than round...I assume this is where you worked on the eye? I also find the duckling's body looks desaturated - you could add some saturation to it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Daniel Cadieux View Post
    I like the crop you chose, and I also like the wet look the the chest feathers. Nice soft colouring to the background. Good profile and the bill looks great. The pupil outline looks a bit too strong at lower half and it is a bit elongated (oval) rather than round...I assume this is where you worked on the eye? I also find the duckling's body looks desaturated - you could add some saturation to it.
    Thanks, Daniel. You are correct, sir. I tried to touch up some of the catch lights, and there is a dark reflection that merges with the pupil and makes it seem misshapen. Wasn't sure how to approach that, but didn't want catch light to be too smooth.
    I see what you mean about body needing some saturation, I did a bit of color adjustments to remove some color casts.

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    Love the creamy background and sharpness. I also like the wet look.

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    Nice portrait Brendan. Good detail, perfect beak, wonderful bg. Like the wet down.

    Jack

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    Excellent Brendon, great wet look and low angle. I agree with adding saturation.

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    I like the tight portrait of this little guy, and the wet feathers. Good comments from Daniel.

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    Very nice portrait of this duckling. Excellent detail, love the wet breast area and lovely background.Very well done.

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