Canadian Goose, Columbia River, Portland Oregon

[Terry Johnson]

Canadian Goose, Nikon D800 with 70-200 F2.8 Lens with 2X teleconverter, ISO-280, F5.6, focal length 400MM, A-priority. Taken yesterday on the Columbia River near Portland, Oregon. A test of my new 2X teleconverter. Worked well on the goose, however, I am having problems with precise focus on a hummingbird at 15 feet with the 2X teleconverter. The 1.4 does fine. I am assuming it is the small bird and the round body that is causing the focuser to average.

Terry Johnson

[Loi Nguyen]

Hi Terry, looks pretty sharp wide open. I assume this is FF and if that is so, I think the bird is a little big in the frame and too center. If it was a crop, a little more room on the LHS would work for me. Loi

[Terry Johnson]

Loi, thanks for the kind comments. In response to your preferring for me to provide more room on the left Hand side of the image, I could do this as the image was a crop. However, I am finding that many of the better photographers prefer to leave room on the side of the image the subject is facing similar to what you are suggesting. Is this a recommended standard? I am trying to find out why this seems to be the case.

Thanks...Terry Johnson

[Daniel Cadieux]

Yes, that is recommended standard most of the time. It gives the appearance of room to look into or move into for the subject. It helps give a better and less "crammed" look for tighter comps and gives a nice balanced comp with a "rule of thirds" for looser comps. All these are guidelines only but are there for a good reason. Some images work well when these guidelines are broken, but the trick is to know when to do so.

You exposed your subject well, and I like the blues in the water. Good head angle too.

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[Terry Johnson]

Here is the Canadian Goose image with the goose on the right facing to the left with space available on the left

[Daniel Cadieux]

Terry, the image in your repost is far more appealing IMO! Not as good a head angle (but not bad) but the water looks much, much better. As does the comp with the extra room in front. I would crop that one up a bit from below to just above the small detached black reflection.