Very sweet photo! Great angle, detail, colours and dribble action. To be very very picky, there is a brownish spot in the water above the birds head that stands out a bit. Also, the ring of ripple is cut off on the right hand side…it would be satisfying to see that complete ripple. (Hope that makes sense).
Very enjoyable to see…I better get out and see if anything has hatched around me yet.
Wonderful, Allen. The low angle and that eye contact really make a huge impact (aside from the cuteness factor). I just noticed Robena’s comment about the brown spot and now I can’t unsee it. The cut off ripple doesn’t bother me, though I could go with a slightly looser composition overall if there’s not too much junk on the edges to fix. The water looks good to me.
Beyond sweet, with the photography skills such a wonderful subject needs! I did notice the spot first thing, and would remove it if it were mine. I like the framing but would not be able to resist cloning out the bright part of the ripple at the right edge.
There is some repetition strangeness at the top – was that from cloning debris? A little more cloning, maybe at 50% opacity, would break up the patterns.
@Diane_Miller , I see those - don’t bother me as they are repeated throughout til you get to the duckling. I could expand the space there on the right but feel okay with it right now.
