In the land of giant jonquils

[Mitch Carucci]

Or are they daffodils?

[Keith Carver]

Combining the mallard and jonquils is a great idea, Mitch. Love the reflections in the water and the landing wings-out pose of the bird. The masking on the bird seems a little ragged. But getting the bird's reflection is a neat trick! TFS!

[denise ippolito]

Mitch, I like the idea here. Nice colorful-actually very colorful image, fun and unique!

[Mitch Carucci]

Keith,

Thanks for your comments. I had added a bit of glow around the duck, and this might have created the ragged look. Is this better.

Mitch

[Hazel Grant]

repost is much better. reflection...good. fun idea. thanks.

[Keith Carver]

Keith,

Thanks for your comments. I had added a bit of glow around the duck, and this might have created the ragged look. Is this better.

Mitch

I like the repost much better. You might try softening the bird to match the soft flowers. Hope I'm not being too nit-picky, but I really love this idea, Mitch, so I think it's worth pursuing.

[Mitch Carucci]

I like "nit-picky". It makes me look at things in a different light.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Mitch, this is very creative. I like the repost better and am impressed with the duck reflection. It's a very OOTB vision. I might remove the red spot above the duck and just have a green space there - it would give him a little more room like he was dropping in out of the sky.

[Mitch Carucci]

Cheryl,

I think you are correct about the red spot. I like it better without it. I softened the duck very slightly also, but I wanted it to stand out from the background.

Thanks.

Mitch

[Cheryl Slechta]

Great job on the repost, Mitch! I like it better this way.

[Bob Miller]

Hi Mitch....I agree the bird seems a bit too jagged even in the repost. I would as someone suggested soften the bird on the order of the flowers . I enjoy your work alot ....hope to see more