Flight of fancy

[saleeltambe]

I recently visited India and fully enjoyed being in Assam.This pair of Geese was photographed from a rocking boat at a waterbody. I asked the boatman to hide the boat amidst the thick aquatic vegetation near the edge of the water. The geese landed on their usual spot that I was anticipating.
Wish I could get more space on the left but the already parked boat was a big constraint for me as I could not move / zoom out with a fixed focal length.
However I tried not to get the wings cut on the right hand side - hence a bit of tight space on the left side of the image.

Techs-
Canon 7D, 500mm+1.4x, beanbag, ISO 400, 1/1600, f 8, +1/3, spot metering, very minimal blurring / Noise reduction done on the background.

[Randy Stout]

The symmetry is great here, like that the closer birds head doesn't merge with the wing of the other bird.
Pretty good DOF here, so well done with f/8

Agree about room to the left. You could add a bit of canvas if desired.

Overall exposure looks good. Perhaps a little warm on the whites on the rump, but my work monitor won't allow really critical calls on that point.

Cheers

Randy

[Kiran Poonacha]

Nice DOF Saleel Bhai.. loved the pose to..

[Pieter de Waal]

Wow Saleel, great timing for a nice image, dof mentioned and love the landing pose. Well done.

[Terry Olmsted]

Beautifully timed, Saleel! I love the symmetry. Great job!

[Todd Frost]

As mentioned by Randy the symmetry is outstanding. Agree with more room in front of geese. Very well done.
TFS
Todd

[Alan Lillich]

Great planning and execution. Could you have taken a separate shot to the left after the birds landed and stitched it in?

[Brendan Dozier]

Awesome capture and great timing with challenges. Great detail, love their expressions, and symmetry of poses. As Randy mentioned, you can always add some canvas on left. Nice work!

[Jonathan Ashton]

Great shot, agree a little more canvas to the left and I think the white patches are just a little hot.