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Taken on the James Bay mud flats in Hudsons Bay.
This family of geese landed nearby to drink and rest.
ISO 200
0 ev
f/8
SS 1/1000
Nikon D300s + VR 80-400 @ 400mm
no flash
Sharpened, increased exposure and warmed up the photo a tad.
I have only posted portrait photos so far so I wonder what you all think of this one?
C&C always appreciated!
thanks in advance
-Alvan Buckley
Only four kids. Well done and good use of d-o-f. I like the left to right framing. A nice crop from the bottom would tighten it up as the water adds nothing. If you could have gotten even one foot higher it would have improved the image. Does anyone know why I say that?
You might wish to clean up the few white things in the mud both in front of the birds and on the flat. Also, there is a dust spot or a flying bird above the head of the left hand adult that could go. A bit brighter might work well.
Agree with Artie's tech. suggestions, there's a second dust spot higher and to the left as well.
Getting higher might keep the green vegetation from intersecting the neck of the adult bird on the left?
You are very close but no cigar :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Joel Eade
A foot higher point of view looks like it might place the head of the adult Snow Goose at left into the distant dark green vegetation which would be appealing.
I especially like the calving of the sand which gives a sense of action in the image.
Closer still and practically there but my reasoning is slightly different.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Pelkey
That's interesting. I chose this photo out of 4 others that all looked very similar and the main reason I chose this one was because I was a little higher up. In the other photos the legs of the left-most adult intersected with the juvenile below it, I chose this one because they weren't intersecting. Maybe if I was a foot higher the legs of the adult wouldn't be in the same horizontal plane as the juveniles head? Would that improve the photo?
thanks for the comments, always very helpful :)
First, good catch by Joel on the 2nd (large) dust spot. Alvan, As far as the adult and the young together, that did not bug me but all you had to do to clear that up was to take one big step to your right.
The point I was driving at is that the head of the left hand adult is nearly merging with the horizon line. Getting a foot higher or getting closer and zooming a bit wider would have put some space between the top of the bird's head and the horizon line. :)
