I took this shot this morning at a local bog. I usually have the long lens on; quite unusual for me to take a bird shot at 48 mm.The bog has a walkway 2 boards wide. I tried stepping off it once and sunk halfway to my knees in the water soaked surrounding area. When I heard the honks I quickly set up and took a burst of 5. This one had the best position for the geese.
The ss was slower than I would have liked but I was not set up for shooting flying birds.
Nikon D800 24-120 f/4 at 48mm. 1/1125 at 5.6 iso 160
I like the composition, unfortunately the geese are not in focus but having said that they compliment the scene well. I imagine it must have been a beautiful walk that day.
Ditto on the wish for the birds in focus. I am thinking that the shutter speed above is a typo.....
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It's a beautiful scene, I can smell the freshness and hear the sounds. Unfortunately, like the others have mentioned, I wish the geese were not so soft.
I totally understand what everyone is saying. I am glad people are looking and commenting but it has become so easy to say "too soft" on the geese. I could defend why I had the settings but all of have had many situations where we were close to a good shot.
Is it really that bad though? I mean do I just toss it?