Snow Goose

[Robert Holguin]

Hello everyone. This year I was able to photograph 2 brave snow geese that were in our area.
While photographing a ruddy duck one of them started flapping I had a tc was to close and there was no way in backing up.
So I wanted to know how you all feel about this shot.
Wings were already clipped so I kinda tighten the the comp just a tad.
C&C welcomed and encouraged.

Nikon 300s l Nikon 300 2.8 vr w/1.7 tc l ISO 500 l F8 l 1/1600 l Multi Segment l Manual l HH.

[Robert Holguin]

Here is the original converted to jpeg.

[Leo Berzins]

Love the pose, the water droplets and the head shadow on the wing.
Perhaps some noise reduction on the background might be worth looking at.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

I like the first post Robert. Nice detail and the whites look good and the water drops are cool.

[gail bisson]

You exposed the whites perfectly. You must have been quick to change the settings if you were photographing a darker duck and moved to a white subject. Well done!
I would crop in tighter from the bottom and consider some rotation to level the shoreline or clone in some brown to level it. I think it is an optical illusion but I keep going back to it.
Good cloning out of the OOF duck. I couldn't tell and I have eagle eyes!!
Nice portrait,
Gail

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Robert, I actually like your original comp, with maybe coming in a touch from the right to eliminate the brown feathers. I would leave the bottom as you would then lose some of the droplets. Overall well exposed, and good work on taking a quick shot.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Robert,

I like the duo-tone blue and light brown background. Looks like you may be able to squeeze a little bit more detail out of the whites though.

I'm a fan of the original composition (second post) - but that may be because I don't do a lot of square-ish crops. So Stuart's suggestions I think are great.

Miguel

[Bill Dix]

Nice quick reaction. I like the OP, and the way you controlled the whites in what must have been a quick grab shot. I'd keep the droplets, which add to the image.

[dankearl]

Hi Robert, I prefer the original (2nd post).
Nice exposure and details.

[Satish Ranadive]

Great close up,beautiful details and very nice composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Robert Holguin]

Thank you all very much for all the feedback.
Much appreciated.