Canada Geese

[Dan Brown]

I captured these two guys flying by sometime last year. PP'ed in NX2 and CS3. C&C welcome.

Camera Model: NIKON D300, handheld
Shutter speed: 1/1500 sec
Aperture: 8
Exposure mode: Manual
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 800
Lens: VR 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D
Focal length: 400mm
Focal length: 600mm (in 35mm film)
AF mode: AF-C

[Arthur Morris]

You did as well as possible from where you stood but you were somewhat up against it.... The birds were too high relative to your position and the resulting view of the near wings leaves a lot to be desired.... I try to make flight images only of birds less than 20 degrees above the horizon--these two are close to 45 degrees up, or of birds directly overhead.

SH and EXP good but birds a bit too centered.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Dan, agree with Artie on the steep angle and subject placement.

I like the symmetrical poses and DOF. There is a hazy feel to the shot..possibly some curves work can be done to take care of that.