fabiangraham

you definitely look a little psycho on this one ... especially with the bag "scaring kids" ...

Very cool

I like it a lot ... looks like a faded poster on a crumbling wall in the mediteranean or cuba ... think it is the same effect as I used on http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1512253

Also looks a bit like animation ... I like it...

Fabian

The depth of field is perfect, drawing one into the beak as the central focus of the image. However, the lens focused on the ducks eye, and the low aperture setting means the ducks bill is a tad out of focus. Think you got the color saturation just about right ... too many photos are over saturated in these days of digital alterations. Just an opinion, but having the duck dead center of the frame makes it look standard. If you re-cropped it (if it were cropped in the first place), I would probably have the duck just a little north west of center, so that it looks like ity is swimming into the frame.

All the best....Fabian

makes her look like an alien in human skin, or suffering from radioactive burns ..... could be worse though .... at least you only manipulated the effects and not the form ......

effective? yes

like it? not bad

would I want a girl friend looking just like the chick in the photo .... well...would be a novelty and save on electricity bills....

experimentation rules....

Afterthought - I took a photo of a dead pig with a big smile .... think I called it happy butcher....

Please visit my portfolio, and leave some humerous or insulting comments ..... it is so hard to get feedback on this site these days, even comments by someone who can read the minds of ducks woulfd be appreciated.....

What makes you think it is happy? How do you impose human emotions upon our avian species. Wouldn't duck with beak open be a better description of this photo ... or if you must attribute emotions to birds, how about "come back sweetie, I was faithful ... honest" .....

It is always possible the duck has lock jaw from swallowing something inedible and needs to see a vet.

awesome photo.....couldn't be better. I usually rank high, but rarely give 7/7..

How better to pay respects to one you love and respect than wishing

them eternal life, or is that a crime against humanity? I don't think

he would think so. A life in cyberspace on the net is no life at all,

but who knows of the other worlds and dimensions, and worlds and

dimensions beyond those where the soul may rest in bliss in harmony

with "God" or the "Cosmic", or reincarnate in a new attempt to reach

perfection. Who knows...truth is always far stranger than fiction. So,

my friend, maybe my guardian, watch over me with your wry and

outlandish humor, and be happy for me if I over come any obstacles

that barred your way .. forgive me too....as I will never outshine

you. You brought your own unique brand of happiness to us when you

were alive, and now you still render upon our faces smiles of sweet

rememberance.....and provide inspiration still. You died many moons

ago, but your life, wisdom, inspiration and love lives on.