cropped, resized, converted to black and white, sharpened, small amount of neat image, added border(s) - all not necessarily in that order - took lots of shots of a pair of Mallard Ducks - male and female and they kept swimming farther away - it must have been -20c with the wind chill on lake ontario
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This shot looks to have a good focus but it is rather dark. Also I prefer to have more space in front of the subject than behind it, it just seems to give the picture a better balence, imo.
I keep coming back to this one, because I think there's the start of something really good here. The roughness and texture of the water makes it look really cold and foreboding. But the treatment is just too dark, the head, neck, and chest of the duck just disappear into black. I think I would have gone with a square crop, too, to get the duck more into the middle of the frame, instead of swimming out of it.
Interesting perspective. B&W is an unusual choice for what is usually a vibrantly colored bird, though. And I kind of want to see an eye when there is other detail.
The most appealing thing about mallards (and birds in general) is the color of their plummage. By converting this to B&W it takes away from that. This is also a bit dark (perhaps because of the conversion?). Compositionally it would be better if the duck was going into the frame rather than out of it.
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