Every now and then, lady luck gives me the funny duck.

With this humorous shot, I had to decide whether to crop for composition horizontally or vertically – with moving or flying birds I often use the centre AF metering point which results in all shots being too centred.

By cropping vertically, I had to bring in the head and beak closer for that added punch. Cropping horizontally would have given more of the duck’s body – it’s great to have choices in life!

Canon 40D with 100-400L lens @ 1/1000, f5.6, ISO 400 @ 220mm focal distance.