nice shot of the duck... kind of hard to see the bubble on the bill though.

Fantastic

Love the tones and composition, well done. Imagine having a tame fish pose for you.

Doesn't look like he trusts you

Great color, very nice shot, good luck!

Very crisp shot, well done author

Lovely tones and focus, but somehow the composition doesn't work for me, I feel so much more could have been done with the setting and subject.

If I could do it again I would, however recreating something like this is no always possible. Thank you for the comment.

Goal states "As an exception: a small plain colored border is allowed between the photos"
there is nothing about a border all around.

I wonder how much money Jack Daniels makes off of all the musicians who think their standard uniform requires that t-shirt?

How was the desaturation done?

Color channels and contrast. I'm from Scotland so this guy did not have much of a tan to fade. It's within the rules frili.