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Wow! You really blew away your previous PB. This is one of the shots that I went looking for after the challenge to see how well it did. The focus on those colors is perfect. Great job.
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Yep - a well-earned high score. Love the colors and the reflection.
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A great subject to work with. I like the low POV and the reflection in the water adds a nice touch. Colors, focus, lighting, and DOF are great. Bump
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nice bird...nice shot. luv the colors.
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Beautiful bird, but what makes the shot for me is the lovely tone on the water. I might have cropped just a tad higher, as the partial reflection of the head in the water is a wee bit distracting. Still a 9 from me.
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This is totally opposite of what I would normally say in my comments, but I wish you had backed off a bit and get the full reflection of the bird in the shot. As is its a nice shot, but I wonder what it would have looked like with the full reflection.
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This is amazing DOF-how did you capture those beautiful strokes in the background? What kind of lens did you use....? Fantastic shot! 10
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9 - Beautiful colors and texture in the water, complement this extraordinary bird perfectly. Like your crop.. wonder whether the white of the neck in the reflection removed might have given a fraction more impact, but minor.
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Looks like a toy well defined.
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Beautiful detail. I wish you chould have included all the reflection.
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Whoa! This leaps off the screen.
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Quite nice, a little hot on the beak, so not perfect, butnice. Good colors, contrast, saturation.
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I love the bird, the background, the colors ... Very nice picture.... 10
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An excellent definitive shot of this species. Beautiful rich color and very nice detail. The water forms a wonderful watercolor backdrop to showcase the bird.
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Very sharp, lovely colors...just very nice all the way around!!
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A classic study shot with beautiful complimentary background colours and pattern.
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Beautiful - the water is just gorgeous.
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background is really neat. i think catching more of his reflection would have made it even better. but i like it this way, too.
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Very nice, would have liked to seen the full reflection, but still a nice photo.
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I love wood ducks, they are so colourful. I almost wish I could see the entire reflection here, but nonetheless it's a wonderful photo.
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he is perfect, all of the things that should be there are, great colours, clean crisp simple and very well shot, love it, 10 straight across the board
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man i keep givin out these tens there gunna think im throwing the challenge,lol-10!
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Wow, wonderful color in this shot - changed from a 9 to 10 after looking through the others!! Good luck!!
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You cropped it too close, the reflection should be whole. Nice woodie though
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I would have liked it better with the entire reflection included
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Beautiful duck. I wish the reflection had not been cut off though. Nice DOF. The colors are perfect - not over saturated. Focus is sharp with details brought out nicely.
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Stunning sharpness and colours, possibly a shame that you dont get to see all of the reflection but nonetheless has a real wow factor
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This is really nice.... The colors are awesome.
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Wow. these are my favourite birds...and I have never been able to take a photo of one. great work!
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