# Wood duck affection

**URL:** <https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/wood-duck-affection/20591>\
**Category:** Image Critiques\
**Tags:** birds\
**Created:** [March 12, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/wood-duck-affection/20591 "2021-03-12T21:24:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![David\_Schoen](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/david_schoen/32/368_2.png) [@David\_Schoen](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/David_Schoen)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/wood-duck-affection/20591/1 "2021-03-12T21:24:11Z")

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![Wood duck affection](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/c/b/cb0a3f2d0f76f25cb6e2c6320241fab7ee21c3ce.jpeg)

Taken at the local pond this morning. Dennis Plank and myself went out there today and were treated to excellent light and lots of ducks. This is a fantastic habitat and the light is always at your back.

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Is this a composite: No  
Iso-400, 400 mm +1.4 X, F5, 2500th, handheld/beanbag, around 20% of full frame

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**Author:** ![Terri\_Barnett](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/terri_barnett/32/2299_2.png) [@Terri\_Barnett](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Terri_Barnett)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 11:53pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/wood-duck-affection/20591/2 "2021-03-12T23:53:49Z")

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Beautifully sharp on the ducks. I like the interaction between them. With the size of those OOF leaves in the foreground as big as the ducks, I feel they are competing for attention. Maybe a crop that puts them more at the bottom without the reflection would lessen their impact.

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**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, 2021, 12:36am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/wood-duck-affection/20591/3 "2021-03-13T00:36:18Z")

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A wonderful pose of the two birds. I feel that quite a large crop would improve this (to my taste). Then we could just focus on the couple; but I see that the larger environment is attractive too.

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**Author:** ![Dennis\_Plank](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dennis_plank/32/27033_2.png) [@Dennis\_Plank](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dennis_Plank)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2021, 12:53pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/wood-duck-affection/20591/4 "2021-03-13T12:53:12Z")

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I thought you’d be posting one from this little interlude, David. Thanks for showing me that I needed to stay later than I normally would consider good shooting conditions.

I do think this scene could use cropping. I caught the samemoment, so I’ll have to see what 6 feet to the side and a bit of extra depth of field made. Thus far, I’ve just made it through the first rough cull.

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**Author:** ![David\_Leroy](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@David\_Leroy](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/David_Leroy)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2021, 2:59pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/wood-duck-affection/20591/5 "2021-03-13T14:59:45Z")

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Very nicely done David. I really like the nice saturated colors and brightness to the scene. I like the crop as is. Lots of environment, birds are nicely framed and perhaps cropping closer will make leaves more significant. A private moment.