Tundra Swan

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I made this image on a day with thin clouds which resulted in this kind of light. It's been the first time that I got to see and photograph this species. Cropped from horizontal.

http://www.pbase.com/axelhi/image/110039416/original.jpg

1D3, 500f4, 1.4x, 1/500s, f/8, EC +1.33, ISO 400

[kevinmat]

Very nice exposure and pose! It may be just me but I would be inclined to crop a little from the top.

[Randy Stout]

Axel:

Nice exposure, pose and sharpness.

The bird is angled away a bit from us.

I agree with Kevin about a small crop from the top. I also might increase the brightness just a bit, perhaps let the bird pop out from the background a bit more.

Glad you got to see a new one!

Randy

[denise ippolito]

Axel, The exposure and pose are great-I haven't been lucky enough to photograph this species. Thanks for sharing.

[Lance Peters]

Hi Axel - exposure and pose are great - agree bird seems slightly angled away, Only thing I would have wished for would be for the eye to be slightly more prominent - IMHO.