Texture with an eye to composition

This mallard sitting peacefully by the side of the river as I walked to work gave me the opportunity to zoom in and show off his plummage.

[summerfield]

excellent shot, Helen. love the crisp details of the plumes. aces!

[Suzanne]

Oh my goodness, this is fabulous. I actually didn't recognise this as a duck, and I see plenty of them! Wonderful texture and detail

[HelenM]

It has a curious almost human look to it. Wonderful detail

[Stephanie]

This is wonderful to black and white, the eye is quite beautiful, lovely catch lights.

[FBailey]

Beautuful feather details

[Wendy Bowden]

wonderful texture

[Gayle]

Fabulous feather details! Excellent focus!

[CC Folk]

Gorgeous capture...a real beauty with the texture, clarity of focus and details. Fav.

[KWind]

Lovey close up! Super textures!

[Babs]

I love it, you are really drawn to the eye.

[Helen]

Great close up & detail.
You have such a creative eye too ..... fabulous image Fav

[Lockarec]

Wonderful detail of the plumage. I like the composition very much!

[Ivan]

And well composed, intersection of 3rds etc...fav

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Superb feather/texture details

[carol white]

Beautiful capture, great detail and textures. Fav!! 😀

[Karly]

Wonderful image!! Really love this frame-filled shot. Fav.

[Chris K]

big big fave.

[haskar]

Well done,

[Shawna Schroeder]

Beautiful shot, looks great I'm b&w 😁