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Weird Duck (14)
flipvd Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 162 W: 5 N: 19] (1218)
I saw this weird duck in the Kruger National Park.Zoomed in at 480mm. Sorry i don't know what duck it is!!!
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flipvd Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 162 W: 5 N: 19] (1218)
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Edited by:ls_photography Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1111 W: 351 N: 1110] (7329)
I thought it could use an extra boost in the "presentation".
I was just experimenting but here is what I did:
Rotated it until it looked like the horizon was level.
Added saturation
Added contrast
Did gaussian blur on some of the BG-which is obvious

Cropped
Sharpened
Added frame and text
Rasterized text layer
Added gradient
Flattened image
Resized
Added unsharpen mask to give it that final razor-sharp look.

Hope you find it interesting!