swan

[stuart wanuck]

nikon d 800
m 1/2500 @ 8

[Iain Barker]

Nice portrait Stuart.
The exposure looks good and shows the detail in the feathers well. I like this a lot.

Iain

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Nice details on whites. I like the black cere/mask and the S curve produce by the bird's neck. I would give more room on bottom since is too close to the edge and would smooth the BG, may be with the gaussian blur tool in PS.

[Troy Lim]

Nice shot, agree with more room on the bottom. Nice curve of the neck. BG needs some NR for sure. Did you under expose the image?

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Stuart, great exposure to show the details in the brights (whties, yellows). Love the s-shape of the neck.

I'd see if I could remove some of the contrast in the background.

Although the nest isn't clean, I'm glad you left it in for perspective.

Miguel