Mandarin Ducks (in colour)
Dominika Aniola

Mandarin Ducks (in colour)

May 2023

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First of all, thanks for entering my contest.

This photo you have taken here is super amazing.

I love the striking colors and patterns that this beautiful mandarin duck has!!! I can't believethat mandarin duck's feathers literally go in waves on their neck and head!

The sharpness of this photo is incredible! You can see every single thing on this mandarin duck's neck and head!

I really like the expression that this duck has. He looks like he is proud of himself and showing off his colors... Which he probably really is for a female nearby.

It is cool how this mandarin duck has such a bright red on its beak! I have never seen such a beautiful beak on a bird before!!!

I love how you have captured this photo with a nice brown background with only a couple other colors: Black, white and a few different shades of brown! Having a background of mainly one color makes a subject in a photo really stand out... Especially if the background is blurred out!

So fabulous job on this photo and taking a photo good enough to be my First Place Winner!!!

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For this contest I would like to see your best colour photos of Mandarin ducks. Images can show either the male or female of the species. Male Mandarin ducks can be recognised easily for their plumage which has bright colours and patterns. The females have duller plumage of mostly brown and grey. Please only enter photos in colour. I hope you have some great photos.

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First of all, thanks for entering my contest.

This photo you have taken here is wonderful.

I love the expressions that these ducks have! They look very suspicious of you but they also seem to be waiting for something?

I just read your story behind this image and yes the golden color on the water from the sunlight looks so amazing! It is what makes this photo so much better!

One last thing I wanted to say is that this photo has an incredible amount of detail to it! You can see the ducks, the water and the log perfectly!

Fabulous job on your photo here!!!

First of all, thanks for entering my contest.

This photo you have taken here is very cool!

I really love the colors of this image! There are so many different colors and they all look amazing as in the flowers, the grass and the duck which actually is everything!!!

The thing that makes this photo so interesting is how the flowers are so huge and so tall but they are not the subject and not even in focus! That cool "little" mandarin duck down there is the subject and perfectly in focus and he is the smallest thing out of everything in this photo!!!

So amazing job on your photo here!!!

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First of all, thanks for entering my contest.

This photo you have taken here is really nice!

I wanted to tell you that I just looked up why mandarin ducks live in America and it says that some live in America because of different reasons but one of the reasons they said was that a bunch live in California and this is because a whole bunch got let go there.

I love the colors that this mandarin duck has.

I also love how you photographed this photo with the perfect amount of exposure, it should not be any brighter or darker.

The reflection is really nice. There are many ripples in the water but you can still see this duck's reflection really good.

Great job on your photo here!

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