Mute swans

[Ray Rozema]

Does this work?

late morning over cast
D200 600 mm 1.4 TC
F 7.1 ss 1/1000
apeture priority matrix meter
-.3 EV ISO 400

Ray Rozema :)

[Lance Peters]

HI Ray - works for me - the mirrored poses and the OOF Swan is offset just enough (A little more so that the head on the front one was clear of the BG would have been ideal).
Nice details in the whites and the composition looks good.
Might just sharpen the eye a tad more.
Like it a lot!

[John Chardine]

Ray- Nicely done! Beautiful detail in the whites- soft light makes a big difference! Really nice BG and great low angle. Of course I'm ignoring the elephant in the room- the OOF bird at the back. It works for me to a certain degree. The blur level of the BG bird is good but because the two are so close it is distracting a little. I would like to see some more separation in the two. I'd interested to know what others think as I am just commenting from a gut feeling here.

Lance and I posted at the same time from opposite ends of the world (!) so I know what he thinks at least!

[Mark Young]

Lovely composition Ray, and another vote for just needing a little more seperation between the 2 birds,