Young Flapper

[Gerald Kelberg]

Caught this young White-fronted Goose having a good flap after his bath - head angle came right just on the last couple of strokes. i like the action and the variation in the tones of the feathers.

EOS 1DX with EF 200-400 with 2.0 TC at 657mm
1/1250 sec @ f/8.0 ISO 1000

Converted in DPP4; normal workflow in PS5 setting black and adjusting tones in Curves. Light Dfine on background and Sharpen on bird.

Comments and feedback most appreciated.

Thanks for looking!

Gerald

[Bill Dix]

Good one, Gerald. It was nice of him to turn his head at the last minute. And yes, I too like the range of tones in the wings.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Are you ever lucky it gave you that head angle...way cool! Too bad the near wing was not stretched out higher, but man that far wing looks amazing. Great job overall.

[Binu John]

Excellent shot! Perfect exposure and details. Well done.

[christopher galeski]

nice shot.sharp with nice feather detail,good light,agree with Daniel about the nearest wing not being full stretch,but its still a good image.

[arash_hazeghi]

I like the look back pose, soft light and nice details. sharp. I agree it would be more dramatic had the near wing been stretched more but overall I like the pose and this frame!

Thanks for sharing

[mohammad reza shahab]

very nice look back pose,details and soft light.

[David Salem]

Nice look back pose and the detail in the wings is awesome. Well done

[Joseph Przybyla]

I echo all the previous comments...nice image and look back pose. Thank you for sharing.