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    I went out photographing the Whooper swans the overwinter in this area last week.
    Although this image was taken into very strong back lighting I like the way it lit the wings of the incoming birds.

    All C&C welcome.

    Nikon D7000, 300mm f4 Af + 1.4x tc, 1/2000sec f7.1 iso 400.

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    Ian:

    I do like the transilluminated wings and the effect on the juvis feet as well. Good separation of all three, small clouds in sky give some extra depth there.

    Bokeh is a bit nervous on the bushes.

    Perhaps a tiny sliver more space on the bottom if you have it.

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    Iain, very cool that you got all three without any overlap (doing this with two is tough enough). The feet spread of the middle one does it for me. Wishing for a "cleaner" background, but that isn't something you could have controlled here.

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    I agree Iain, the backlighting makes the image---and terrific timing on the positioning of the trio. How far were you from these birds when you took the shot?

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    Nice image with 3 of them facing in, the cloud in the sky is nice , BG is something we take what we get
    over all a nice one

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    agree with comments above,pleasant image.

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    Me too. A pleasing image.
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    Thanks for the comments. Here is the image with a little more added at the bottom as Randy suggested. Bob I am not sure on the distance bewould estimate they must have been around 100 feet away to have fit in the frame. The crop is about 85% of the full height.

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    Ian:

    I like the composition better with the extra space, the lower bird doesn't seem so crowded into the frame.

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