very artistic with the floating leaves but for me natural history shots should be as they are, I dont think desaturation is a valid tool in this area .3
The selective use of color is interesting, but for a bird challenge, it really switches focus to the plant. Did you try color for the plant & the bird? That might work better.
Sorry but I am not a big fan of selective desaturation, I can tell you right away I would have scored this even higher if it had been in colour or all in b/w. Anyway, I still like this shot a lot, it lives up to it´s title and it makes me curious what is in store for this little duckling and the vegetation adds to the shot. Good job.
Awwww. . . I LOVE this!!!! What a great job you did at turning a photograph of an ordinary baby duckling into something truly amazing and incredible!!! The water dripping off his beak, the selective desaturated greenery, and even the black and white. I love taking pictures of ducks, and this makes me want to go take one like this :) 10
Oh this is terrific. I like the coloration technique you used. Not overly done in the contrast deparement. Very well focused. Good choice of cropping. The black frame is perfect. This is a winner! 10
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