Aythya americana
by hahn23

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that meets the challenge.

I do agree Richard, that is definitely a red in my book too. However, the dominant colour here is the blue, its the first thing that hit me because it is spread throughout the image and whilst reds are normally so powerful in attracting your attention, the red here is secondary to the blues. In itself it is a lovely image, well executed with nice sharpness where its needed on the ducks eyes. I like the DOF and the nice soft foreground and background but I would prefer a less central composition, a diagonal using one of the hotspots would have greatly improved the end result. The standards of the rest of the entries need to be high to justify the placingâ€Â¦? I've only just seen dtremain's comment, I agree.

The Flying Tiger
by hahn23

Comment by JakeKurdsjuk:
Your blues got oversaturated during the structuring of the background, OOF areas. Striking bird and the detail there is wonderful, but you need to pull back the details in the areas you don't want them.

Aythya americana
by hahn23

Comment by dtremain:
I'm sure that the score does not reflect the quality of the shot, which was primarily based on the DNMC'ers. Not sure how you give this a 1 even if it doesn't meet the challenge. Beautiful reflections, sharp focus, great textures, Even added interest with the plant in its mouth. IMO, it deserved a 7 at least!
Maybe the blue reflections took the perception of the head more towards brown than it would be otherwise.
This shot makes me want to go shooting at that location!
Thanks for sharing this great image.

Aythya americana
by hahn23

Comment by flaherma:
Very interesting! I decided to google it and I see they are called redheads - learn something new every day:) Nice detail and I really like the reflections in the water as well.

Aythya americana
by hahn23

Comment by Tumbleweed:
I don't see pink or red in this photo, just brown. The ripples on the water are neat.

The Shimmer above the Fire
by hahn23

Comment by Art Roflmao:
Composition: 5 - Technical: 6 - Creativity: 6 - Appeal: 6 - Challenge: 5 - Overall Score: 6 - (weighted - NOT a calculated average)

Moonset on Stone's Peak
by hahn23

Comment by clickodak:
Beautiful composition. Congrats for the top 5

The Flying Tiger
by hahn23

Comment by jgirl57:
great capture, he looks mad haha

The Shimmer above the Fire
by hahn23

Comment by mariuca:
Enchanting image

Moonset on Stone's Peak
by hahn23

Comment by MeMex2:
this is really beautiful. Richard!