Amanda, manacsa & Jurgen...

Thanks for your thoughts on this... Amanda, I think next time, I might try for a slightly darker background for that very reason. Manacsa...first of all, ducks are great subjects! Thanks for your comments...
Jurgen, you are so right about the level of the table...I didn't even notice that...I'll remedy that next time. This was actually shot at around 8 pm with just a table light next to me...and I had taken a couple of the candle lit, and decided to blow it out and shoot a couple to see what happened. Turns out I like the blown out shots better than the lit ones.

Thanks again all!
Emily