Mute Swan.

[Karl Egressy]

What I really liked about this shot was, that I did not have to do anything, other then a slight crop and sharpenning.
I'm pretty sure you will find problems that I did not. The exposure looked spot on.
Thanks for looking.

Canon 500 f4.0 L IS plus Canon 1.4x TC
Canon 1D Mark IV
Manual Setting
ISO 320
f 9.0
1/2000 s
Hand Held


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[Randy Stout]

Karl:

The fluffed up feathers are great with nice texture, flying water, good eye contact, good shooting angle.

THe whites look pretty good. My work monitor displays a bit hot, so not a reliable call, but certainly very close.

Cheers

Randy

[Bill Dix]

Great bathing shot, with good HA and lots of action. Light looks like it was pretty harsh, but handled nicely with good exposure, with brightest whites in the high 230's.

[Marina Scarr]

Love the splish splash here, Karl. Terrific water flying everywhere and nice angle on the swan. I wish for a tad more room on top and less on the bottom. Whites look good on my monitor and your acquired some nice details in those whites.

[Craig Kerr]

Exposure on the whites is perfect... like the water droplets and great pose from this swan.

[Melissa Groo]

I love this. The graceful curves, the water droplets everywhere, the head slightly turned you. Great detail in your whites.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Awesome Karl, also love this action with plenty of water spray all over the image. Great color too.

[gail bisson]

This is great Karl! Whites look good despite the slightly harsh light.
Love all those flying big water droplets and the neck curve and HA,
Gail
I also love it when you have no PP'ing except sharpening for web. Doesn't happen very often!

[Karl Egressy]

I also love it when you have no PP'ing except sharpening for web. Doesn't happen very often!

Thanks Gail It is so very true. It is so nice when a picture comes out like this; no or very little PP.

[PhilCook]

Bright but not blown, amazing detail retained in those whites, the epitome of elegance, very well done indeed, the only tiny nit pic I could see would be to of had a little more space on the right

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Great spray and some nice blue water. Just enough head turn for eye contact. Looks great

[Jim Crosswell]

Great image Karl! I like the flying water drops, water colour, exposure, sharpness and composition.

[Robert Holguin]

Excellent shot.
Love the splashing water and the ruffled up feathers. Exposed very well, great shooting angle, and great comp.
Very well done.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Yes, exposed very well! Love the splashing action, and you got a nice fluffed pose - I especially like the far wing being higher than the front wing, nice sense of bathing action. I'm with Marina in regards to the crop, but a well executed and presented image!

[Satish Ranadive]

Absolutely superb image.Every thing in the image is just perfect and great.Love it.

Regards,
Satish.