Trumpeters - Snohomish River Valley

[Terry Olmsted]

1/15/2008
Canon XTi 400mm f5.6 1/1250s f5.6 ISO 400

[Doug Campbell]

Beautiful!

[Jim Poor]

This is real nice. I like that the two outer birds are both wings down while the middle is wings up. Nice light on them too against that darkish BG. There looks to be a little noise in the BG but that's easy to clean up.

[Sid Garige]

Nice work. Looking at wing position it seem they are not symmetric I would have preferred a balanced wing image.

[Arthur Morris]

Good job with the spacing and the framing and I like the BKGR (and the EXP). The two problems (which) are somewhat related) that I have with the image are that the birds are flying both up and away from you and thus, the wing positions of the first and last bird are problematic...

If the birds had been much lower in the sky and flying towards you you would have created a much more pleasing image.

later and love, artie

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the mood and BG in this one and agree with previous comments.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Love the contrast of the whites against the dark sky. Very dramatique ! I agree with the previous comments.

[Terry Olmsted]

Thanks very much for the comments. I have a few other images from that day with similar lighting. I'll post one or two
others with perhaps a better flight angle. These swans just don't listen to my directions :)
Terry

[Bonnie Block]

Looks very nice to me, Terry--Good lighting and poses. It is not easy to get them just right!

[Terry Olmsted]

Thanks very much Bonnie - I agree. Keeps me keep trying!
Terry