Wood Ducks

My first HDR. Had to crop since ducks in foreground would not stay still for bracketing .
I admired the HDR work of Taffy R so went a got photomatix. First attempt

[Michael Smith]

Super colours, reflections, and ripples! +fav

[*lynn]

beautiful

[Ann]

BEAUTIFUL.

[Richard Sayer]

Cracking shot Tom, I especially love the reflections, and it can only get better. Fav!

[Milanie]

Nice choice for an HDR shot - like the ripples and reflections and those gorgeous ducks.

[vstap]

Gorgeous ducks.

[Rosie Kerr]

A super first attempt. Clear tonalities. I would be interested, if you are willing, to read your thoughts on your new processing toy.

[Kathy]

Lots of colors and patterns.

[Taffy]

Wow, Tom, the reflections in the river are spectacular! You did really well with HDR in keeping it natural looking which can be challenging. You made strong strategic decisions and ended up with a lovely shot. As @rosiekerr said, share your thoughts here if you'd like any feedback or input on your next one. You are off to a good start!

[Kate]

Very cool, fav for the new technique and best wishes!

[Kerri Michaels]

nice

[Joyce]

Great shot. . I love the colours and the ripples on the water. Well done with the HDR

[Joan Robillard]

Hard to bracket living creatures.

[Graham Thresher]

Great compositition

[Tom]

@rosiekerr @taffy The photomatix software seems amazingly easy to use for hdr with a great deal of developmental flexibleness . I have also used some development on single photos I had taken before. I think it is
a really exciting piece of software so thanks Taffy for posting what you used or I would have never gotten into HDR and photomatix

[Tony Guest (snoopybooboo)]

Superb Tom. Fav.

[Alice Burghart]

nicely done. fav