Swimming with his girl

[Peggyjom]

Wondering about the crop and exposure, open to any other input also. Shooting from a dock hard to get level with the ducks limited shore line.
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Camera Canon EOS REBEL T2i
Exposure 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture f/5.6
Focal Length 135 mm
ISO Speed 250
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program Aperture-priority AE
Date and Time (Original) 2011:02:19 09:37:54Z
Date and Time (Digitized) 2011:02:19 09:37:54
Max Aperture Value 5.7
Subject Distance 14.5 m
18-135mm lens was used

[shutterdog]

Because of the coloring of the male duck, I think cropping tightly on him would make for a more striking photo. The 2 duck together on the lake is something viewers see all the time.

[Peggyjom]

Thank you for the feedback. That is one thing I considered on this, but then thought well maybe I shouldn't leave her out! I have another photo of them with her a little further back. I will try the crop on that photo.

[Peggyjom]

perhaps just swimmming alone is better!

[scollins86]

I like the two together, but perhaps you can crop it so it's a little offset, maybe making the male duck the main focus. With the female in the front and foreground it makes her the center of attention but he has the coloring.

I'd play around with cropping to see if you can get the "feel" you want with different placement in the picture, also zooming in a little tighter on them. Just my ideas

[TheEagleSpirit]

Originally Posted by Peggyjom

perhaps just swimmming alone is better!

This is an awesome job

[Peggyjom]

Thank you all for the Critique. I appricate the time and feedback!