Harlequin Duck

Excellent job on the exposure of the duck, Jim.  Nice detail as well.  My only small nit is that the bokeh in the rough retaining wall has a "crinkly" look that is upsetting to my eye, so I'd probably blur that featue a bit which would be very easy to do in this composition.  Nice job.

Jim:

Nice opportunity with this duck.  Exposure looks fine.  I looked a the larger version and understand the comment from Dennis on the "crinkly" look of the wall.  Since the wall isn't helpful, I'd try to minimize its' impact.  Heres a version with a couple of mods:

Straightened the horizon based on the wall/water line
Applied a field blur to soften the wall
Darkened the wall just a bit to help reduce its' impact.

Probably hard to see the change in the wall blurring at the smaller size...
 

Nice image of the duck. Personally, I would crop out the light wall along the water line and the lower +/- third  of the image.  Also, I would do some light enhancement on the head and eye.

Hi,

Thank you for the comments. I was not very sure about posting this image, but like the suggested edits and Keith's quick edits to the picture................................Jim