Hi,
This doesn't quite work for me if I'm honest.
The low angle is great,the size of the duck within the frame works well and the water colour and patterns are really attractive.
However,it's the white highlights reflected in the water that spoil the image IMHO,I find them just that bit too distracting and over-powering,perhaps waiting untill the duck swam across the 'best bit' of water would have been best,although perhaps this wasn't possible and you had to grab a shot whilst the oppurtunity was there.
Did you get any other shots without the highlights?
Not a particularly easy bird to photograph in the wild, sometimes you have to take what you can get! The shot shows off the characteristics of the female of this species very well, and if it's from the diminishing Suffolk population Steve get them while you can, now the culling has started in earnest!
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Regards
SteveHL
This doesn't quite work for me if I'm honest.
The low angle is great,the size of the duck within the frame works well and the water colour and patterns are really attractive.
However,it's the white highlights reflected in the water that spoil the image IMHO,I find them just that bit too distracting and over-powering,perhaps waiting untill the duck swam across the 'best bit' of water would have been best,although perhaps this wasn't possible and you had to grab a shot whilst the oppurtunity was there.
Did you get any other shots without the highlights?
Colin