Uploaded: December 19, 2009 04:32:09
The reflection is from the Palace of the Fine Arts in SF and I thought it camouflaged her rather nicely!
Exif: F Number: 5.6, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/800 seconds, Flash: did not fire., ISO: 1250, White balance: Manual white balance, FocalLength: 200.00 mm, Model: NIKON D700
Dominick M. Dimacale December 19, 2009
Great animal image and reflections, Courtenay!
Dominick #1217628
Tammy M. Anderson December 19, 2009
This is beautiful, Courtenay. Love the colors and reflection. #8232554Kathy Salerni December 19, 2009
Terrific golden reflection and good clarity make this a winner! #8232571Douglas Pignet December 19, 2009
Love the golden look in this reflection, great capture and the duck adds just that little something...And yes it was cold....lol #8232584Michelle Alton December 19, 2009
Love your title, Courtenay. If this was a goose, I'd say she has a very good chance of laying a golden egg!Beautiful capture and timing! #8232616
Monnie Ryan December 19, 2009
A lovely complement to the pretty duck, Courtenay! Love your title, too! #8232617Amy M. Wilson December 19, 2009
Great comp, colors, reflections and I too Love that title, Courtenay!!! #8232651Nikki McDonald December 19, 2009
Love the colors, clarity and detail here, Courtenay, and the title is great fun, too. #8232668Jeff Robinson December 19, 2009
Excellent color and capture Courtenay! Jeff #8232709Jean-Pierre Ducondi December 19, 2009
Gorgeous colors and reflections Courtenay.Ron McEwan December 19, 2009
This wildlife shot is perfectly captured Courtenay; love the reflection here. #8232900Jack Ryan December 19, 2009
Excellent composition with outstanding detail and color...and that reflection is an added bonus. Great shot, Courtenay! #8232963Gina Cormier December 19, 2009
Hmmmmm...pass the orange sauce.:-) Fabulous image!!! #8233063
Debra R. Harder December 19, 2009
Man-oh-man, Courtenay!! This is GREAT!! All of us pretty much focused on the male and you focused on the female. I wish I would have. She's more the star...don't you think? Perfect clarity, details, colors and composition. A winner in my book!!!! jsb #8233229Patti Coblentz December 19, 2009
The colors, reflections, and details are beautiful Courtenay...clever, funny title!Patti #8233276
MELODIE C. ROBERTS December 19, 2009
And The Best Title of the Day Award Goes to Courtenay Vanderbilt!!! ;0)Gorgeous Capture Court!!
The colors are like Liquid Gold!! #8233416
Margaret R. Barry December 19, 2009
Fantastic clarity, colors and reflections, Courtenay. Love the title! #8233432Sharon Sawyer December 19, 2009
Good one, Courtenay!!! This image is just ducky... Ho HO hO!!! Merry Christmas, my friend! #8233459Ken Smith December 19, 2009
Love your title..and nice work with this, Courtenay. Liquid gold is correct! #8233488ROLAN NARMAN December 19, 2009
Fantastic clarity, colors and reflections Court! Very well done! Creative title! #8233694John Connolly December 19, 2009
A wonderful image, and I love your title Courtenay! The water looks like liquid gold! #8233709Anita Hogue December 19, 2009
Now how cool is this shot! Absolutely love it!Merry Christmas, Anita #8233786
Laura E. Swan December 19, 2009
So lovely! I love that bronzed look in the reflection, too. This is beautiful, Courtenay!-Laura :) #8233874
Shelly A. Van Camp December 19, 2009
Beautiful!! #8233916Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna December 19, 2009
Awesome and beautiful shot, Courtenay!!! :-) k #8233953Patrick Rouzes December 19, 2009
COOL title,LOL!Super amazing clarity, tones, colors, detail, reflections & beauty captrued here, Courtenay! Great eye to notice the camoflage too! WTG!Barbara Waldoch December 19, 2009
Beautiful shot, Courtenay! #8234161Mike Clime December 20, 2009
Beautiful capture and reflection! Like that golden hue! #8234898Wm Nosal December 20, 2009
Beautiful Shot! #8235794Nina Shields December 20, 2009
Courtenay, I don't know which I appreciate more, your awesome image or your terrific title!!! The colors are wonderful and your lighting usage totally makes the photo; great work! #8236034Tommy E. Burgess December 20, 2009
LOL beautiful capture with gorgeous colors, and what a memorable title Courtenay!! #8236104Linda D. Lester December 23, 2009
Oh yeah!!! This was a beauty!! Great job! #8242407Kelly S. Cavanaugh January 18, 2010
Congratulations on another fantastic finalist, Courtenay! #8306363Stefania Barbier January 18, 2010
congrats!!!! #8306390Carol L. Fowler January 18, 2010
Congrats on this Finalist! #8306869Amy M. Wilson January 18, 2010
Congratulations on your fantastic finalist, Courtenay!! #8306960Nikki McDonald January 18, 2010
Congratulations on your finalist and good luck in the next round, Courtenay. Great job on this one. #8307022Marilyn Cornwell January 18, 2010
Congratulations on this finalist of several ! Wonderful for you Courtenay! #8307181Nancy (Peaches) Harker January 18, 2010
Congrats, Best of luck in the next round :) #8307278Nancyj E. Hovey January 18, 2010
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N SRenee Doyle January 18, 2010
You nailed this one beautifully Courtenay!!! Big congratulations to you !! #8307542JO ANN CLEVELAND January 18, 2010
Congratulations on this well deserved finalist Courtenay!Hope we see it again!
jo ann c. #8307712
Tammy M. Anderson January 18, 2010
Congratulations on this beauty, Courtenay. #8307956Linda Blair January 18, 2010
Another congratulations to you....this is just awesome!!!!!!! #8308086Debra R. Harder January 18, 2010
The female duck gets top billing!! WHOOOO-HOOOOO!! WTG!!! Huge congratulations on another brilliant finalist, Courtenay!! Deb #8308142Val Feldman January 18, 2010
Absoquackly beautiful, Courtenay!! :) Congrats on this much deserved Finalist Badge and best of luck in the upcoming rounds! ~Val #8308569Patti Coblentz January 18, 2010
Fantastic finalist, Courtenay! Congratulations!!Patti #8308742
Monnie Ryan January 18, 2010
You go, girl -- super job! Congratulations! #8308823Linda D. Lester January 18, 2010
Yeah....so glad to see this one! Congratulations! #8308828ROLAN NARMAN January 18, 2010
Congratulations on your wonderful finalist Court! #8309330Phyllis H. Burchett January 18, 2010
Awesome capture and title, Congrats on your finalist! #8309593Sherran Andersen January 18, 2010
Congrats. #8309635Usman M. Bajwa January 18, 2010
Huge CONGRATZ. on this beautiful Finalist, Courtenay!!UB. #8309872
Cindy Bendush January 19, 2010
Big congrats on your fabulous finalist Courtenay! #8310159Leslie McLain January 19, 2010
Congrats on your wonderful finalist! #8310858Anita Hogue January 19, 2010
Outstanding capture, Courtenay! Congratulations! #8311042Jessica Jenney January 19, 2010
Congratulations, Courtenay on your beautiful finalist! #8311141Shawn Jennings January 19, 2010
WTG Courtenay! Congratulations on your finalist! #8311341Patrick Rouzes January 19, 2010
CONGRATULATIONS on this incredible finalist, COurtenay! WTG ,my friend! #8312680Jeff Robinson January 19, 2010
Congrats Courtenay on your Fantastic Finalist! Jeff #8312907Sam Britt January 19, 2010
Congratulations on this finalist, Courtenay!! #8313428Vickie J. Jenkins January 20, 2010
I missed this the first time around. Congratulations, it's beautiful. #8315313Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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