Taken at a local park.
Wasnt my intention to enter the challenge as i was just trying out the "Beercan" on my Sony Alpha, but i liked the results.
Not a lot done to it. Cropped, a little sharpening but not much else.
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It seems as though this may have had too much noise reduction. The wings have lost their detail and there is a general plastic look to the duck. Still the light is lovely and the colors are beautiful. Very pretty.
Nice composition and beautiful colors. I see some detail in the featherers but the image also look like you maybe tried to over sharpen it a bit. Not sure but that's sort of how it look on my screen at least (which is calibrated). It could also be the result of the image being downsized so much for the challenge too depending on the method you used but I'm not sure. Good luck with the challenge.