Mallard
by riley

Comment by Crisik:
I guess it is too dark, esp. the head being darker than the body, also a shift of the mallard to the left (or its rotation) could improve the impact

the texture of the water is beautiful

Mallard
by riley

Comment by posthumous:
elegant, understated... sublime in its way. 9 bump to 10. there's nothing better in this challenge.

Mallard
by riley

Comment by fisheye:
Nice composition but the image feels too dark to me.

Mallard
by riley

Comment by lecter1963:
yoiks..... gloomy

Mallard
by riley

Comment by morty:
this shot in my opinion needs a boost in brightnes,i would position the duck moving from the left to right,as its left with nowhere to go.good luck.

Mallard
by riley

Comment by mexico:
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.

Smithers
by riley

Comment by Skip:
excellent work, all the way around.

Mallard
by riley

Comment by robinssong:
Lovely capture, but a bit to dark to see much detail on my monitor.

Mallard
by riley

Comment by Ann:
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.

Mallard
by riley

Comment by yanko:
Very interesting.