Mandarin Duck

Beautiful capture, like the reflection and composition, lovely vibrant colours - well taken.

Very nice. Lovely colours and the reection and water colour really add to it. Well done.

Cant say any more than what's already been said. Excellent

Thanks very much - I've taken loads of pics of the birds in Richmond Park (when they stay still long enough!!) - but this is one of my faves so far...

Agree with the above, but have only one niggle.
Have you lightened the image up? I only say that as there is no detail in the white of the face, and the whole picture looks slightly lighter than it should. Just an observation.

Oh and this technically is the 3rd thing but does your sensor need cleaning as there is a small black spec below the beak.

Paul

Your right Paul, sensor spot. must need some glasses.

Thanks for the comments - the pic is pretty much as shot, just a slight crop (maybe I'll have a bit of a play with it in Photoshop...). Good spot on the sensor spot though - obviously time for a bit of judicious cleaning...

If you have Photoshop/Elements and you spot a sensor dust spot on your image, just use the "Spot Healing Brush Tool" from the Tool Box to remove it, without spoiling the overall appearance of your image.