Great shot of this duck, with the sky in the background. You don't usually see that, but I like it. Very good color and clarity too. Very nice, Steve.

Jimbob

Very nice photo of a Mallard Duck,the clarity is very good,very good with the sky in the background as well.

Beautiful colors and clarity, he stands out well against the sky 

Very nice sheen on his feathers. Nice job.
~Kim

Yes, still here ... with my feet (er, fingers?) still firmly planted in my mouth. (<--- Something akin to that, anyways.)

Tone down the greens a tad.

Further suggestion ... employing the Shadow/Highlight adjustment function (in Photoshop) ... would work towards the ends of bringing out the eye of this most colourful duck.

You captured the lovely iridescence of the plumage quite well. Just think/feel, in my very humble opinion, of course ... that the saturated colours are taking away from some of the detail present in your image here.

It's a good shot, some tweaks could easily elevate this to very good.


And but of course, thank you for sharing your photographic efforts with us.

:o)

Edit: If you are comfortable ... even masking/making a selection of the foreground grasses only, and playing around with the opacity of that layer could be a editing/post processing consideration. The greens of the duck are not as 'problematic' (<--- not the most appropriate descriptor here), as that of the grasses. Again, my humble opinion only.

The details and color are just gorgeous! Excellent piece!
Joanie

If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and sounds like a duck, chances are it is duck like. Great post Caruso and I really like the sheen on this one. I think it must be putting out some mating vibes.

Tick* was here

I see you've had a visit from the respected, & sometimes feared critic Les.

There's no need for panic Steve lol but seriously it's quite a special photograph. The brazen unshielded sun has made for spectacular colours !

What a beautiful bird and photo! Good focal point! Allen

Gorgeous close up Steve, love the angle you have here. This duck sure has such beautiful colour and shine. Bravo my friend

He is so gorgeous and this is a wonderful close up! Great color and wonderful detail and composition is right on. =^..^= sandi ♪

What a lovely shot, the colors are so nice and I really like the sky for the background, Nice work.

What a gorgeous hunk of a duck! Beautiful portrait... if you were any closer we'd be lookin' up his left nostril... ;-))
mary