One handsome bird, Sandi. I agree with Bob about the eye. You can do it easily in PhotoFiltre with a Circle Selection and some + Gamma. Just zoom the image till you just have the head showing, so you have a bigger eye to work on.
Now this is surely different from you. I like it! The white background looks beautiful with the colors of the duck!! Neat idea and superbly done Sandi!!! Happy Thanksgiving!!
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