Dragon Goose!

[Brendan Dozier]

Up close, with its beak open, this goose looks almost prehistoric to me. Those are bits of grass in his mouth he was munching on. Sat in mud a few feet away on chilly overcast, misty morning at local lake. (well, chilly for San Diego! lol) Softened BG, H&S, lightened eye area, NR

7D, EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM +2.0x, 1/320, 5.6, ISO 1250

Feedback appreciated,

- Brendan

[Randy Stout]

Brendan:

He does look pretty primitive!
He is sharp,like the open bill, misty feel to background.
Could stand a tad more room on right.

Main concern is that the image is pretty dark. I would consider bringing it up about 1/2 stop, and see how it looks. The whites should tolerate that fine.

Cheers

Randy

[Brendan Dozier]

Here's the repost.

Lightened up a bit, and added bit of canvas on R.

Thanks Randy

[Daniel Cadieux]

It does look rather "Jurassic"! Nice comp, and I like the open bill and nice view of the serrations. I agree the image is dark and bringing it up in post would do wonders. A couple of the paler streaks could be toned down IMO (especially more-so if you raise the exposure).

[Stu Bowie]

Interesting looking bill, and I like the open bill showing the 'teeth'. I see in your repost, you lightened the whole image, I would only lighten the swan.

[Brendan Dozier]

Thanks Dan and Stuart, I'll keep working on it

[Daniel Cadieux]

I see you reposted as I typed. The image does look better now, but there are areas that could be lightened more...fill-flash would have helped with that to start with.

[Pieter de Waal]

Dragon Goose indeed, powerful profile with rich colour tones and good defenition. Nice image overall, TFS Brendan.

[James Salywoda]

Well done Brendon that is one menacing looking pose I'd hate to get bitten by those teeth well captured and sharp.

[George Cottay]

James already said it. Those teeth and that eye have me backing away from the monitor.

[Brendan Dozier]

Lol! Thanks for looking guys. Most of the time this one is very gentle and serene. Just don't get in its way during chow time!