# Winter Evening on the River **URL:** \ **Category:** Image Critiques\ **Tags:** editors-pick, weekly-challenge\ **Created:** [March 13, 2024, 1:03am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/winter-evening-on-the-river/40250 "2024-03-13T01:03:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mike\_Friel](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/mike_friel/32/28003_2.png) [@Mike\_Friel](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Mike_Friel)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 1:03am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/winter-evening-on-the-river/40250/1 "2024-03-13T01:03:10Z")
![Winter Evening on the River FINAL.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/c/f/cface5866b526217753f0f6dcfe9f62c5916dc5c.jpeg) > **Critique Style Requested:** _Standard_ > > The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image. ### Description Taken back in 2010, a lone mallard rests near a river sandbank as the sun sets. ### Specific Feedback All comments welcome. ### Technical Details D90 + 150-500mm (@500mm) 1/123 f6.3 ISO 1600 ---
**Author:** ![Barbara\_Djordjevic](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/barbara_djordjevic/32/56170_2.png) [@Barbara\_Djordjevic](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Barbara_Djordjevic)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 7:55am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/winter-evening-on-the-river/40250/2 "2024-03-13T07:55:21Z")
What an exciting composition! How did you get the bird to sit that close to the point of land? That mallard makes the composition. How did you process this? I see a slight suggestion of color. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Seaver](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/mark_seaver/32/231_2.png) [@Mark\_Seaver](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Mark_Seaver)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 12:01pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/winter-evening-on-the-river/40250/3 "2024-03-14T12:01:07Z")
Mike, the very limited colors (and, of course, the duck) make for a very stylistic and enticing view. ---
**Author:** ![JohnSnell](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/johnsnell/32/17896_2.png) [@JohnSnell](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/JohnSnell)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/winter-evening-on-the-river/40250/4 "2024-03-14T13:55:53Z")
The tonality is just gorgeous as are the shapes. Nice work. ---
**Author:** ![LauraEmerson](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/lauraemerson/32/42941_2.png) [@LauraEmerson](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/LauraEmerson)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/winter-evening-on-the-river/40250/5 "2024-03-14T16:37:34Z")
If I didn’t know that this was a photograph, I would have thought that it is a graphite pencil drawing. I just love how the gently waving line of the shore meets the most luminous, yet also gentle, part of the water. The duck is perfectly positioned and the water is so calm that its reflection is a perfect mirror-image! The stillness is absolutely captivating. A beautiful, artistic, sophisticated image infused with superb mood. Really like it! ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Friel](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/mike_friel/32/28003_2.png) [@Mike\_Friel](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Mike_Friel)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 11:40pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/winter-evening-on-the-river/40250/6 "2024-03-14T23:40:53Z")
Thanks @Barbara_Djordjevic. It was so long ago that I forget the details of processing; but I probably just adjusted Shadows, Highlights and Curves in PS Elements. I do remember I liked the muted twilight colors and tried to reproduce them as faithfully as I could. It doesn’t look the same in B and W. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Friel](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/mike_friel/32/28003_2.png) [@Mike\_Friel](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Mike_Friel)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 11:44pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/winter-evening-on-the-river/40250/7 "2024-03-14T23:44:54Z")
Thank you @Mark_Seaver @JohnSnell and @LauraEmerson for your kind comments. That part of our local river very often looks peaceful, but especially in the evening after a sunny winter day. And the sandbanks are ever-changing. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Friel](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/mike_friel/32/28003_2.png) [@Mike\_Friel](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Mike_Friel)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 11:40am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/winter-evening-on-the-river/40250/8 "2024-03-21T11:40:19Z")
Thank you for the EP. ---
**Author:** ![kyle](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/848f3c/32.png) [@kyle](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/kyle)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 2:32am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/winter-evening-on-the-river/40250/9 "2024-04-09T02:32:14Z")
Great composition! The land helps guide the eye, and the solitary duck is perfect.