Theme : Spurwinged Goose

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Female Spurwinged Goose, the largest of our Goose/Duck species.

50D/EF500f4 1/80@f7.1 iso400 Beanbag on ground FF

C&C allways welcome.

Pieter:

Sure fits the theme. Excellent sharpness, feather detail, really nice eye.

For my tastes it could go a bit brighter.

BG color complimentary

Cheers

Randy

Like the feather detail on the back and the eye. Sharp with 1/80, well done.

Great pose! Love the complimentary background. I'd definitely go brighter though.

thanks
Charles

Good incoming pose, and sharp considering subject movement at that SS. You could go a tad brighter, and I would see if warming up the WB a bit would improve overall colours.

Thank you for your comments and feedback. Much appreciated.

Here is the reworked image a little lighter and applied some warming filter.
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Apologies seem to have uploaded the same image, anyway the reworked image is an improvement and I won't do another upload. Thanks for your help.

I'd like to see the repost if possible :)

thanks
Charles

No problem Charles , I'd be interested in your comments.

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Hi Pieter, your repost does work so much better, it has brought out the colours on the feathers nicely. IMHO, I would have just lightened the spurwing and left the BG as the original. Great low perspective capture BTW. :w3

I agree with Stuart - the repost definitely works better for me as well. The bill and feather details really stand out now.

thanks
Charles

Super angle, colours and detail.

Thanks Stuart, Charles and Chris. Stuart good point about the BG.

Awesome shot Pieter really nicely done I like the pose captured a low angle.

Thank you James, much appreciated.

Depends on the mood you are trying to create with this shot, orignal and repost are both nice. As Clemens noted, sure is sharp for 1/80 and great to have beanbag.