I'm guessing this is your photo Brent? If so I like it. I do like the outtake better for DPC since it's cleaner but this actually has more feeling to it, IMO. If this isn't Brent's then please disregard or take it as a compliment. :)
I like the angle and the composition. The softness is great, but a little more separation of the duck from the ground (color-wise) might strengthen this imho.
Love the sharp focus on the main subject - the head of this lovely little duck shows many fine details. We can see and feel the downy softness of it's fuzzy head. There is a slight twinkle in it's eye that makes us fall in love with it. Focus and details fall sharply the further away from the head that you get and because of that the composition suffers a bit. If the rest of the body was in sharp focus it would greatly help the composition. The other solution is that I think you could very easily get away with bringing the viewer in with a closer crop to this little fella. A composition where his head fills the frame would bring the viewer face to face with the downy cuteness of this little duckling not to mention play up that twinkle in the eye.
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