Sunset Cygnet.

[William Dickson]

Canon 5D Mk3
f/4 500mm with 1.4
f/7.1
1/800
1/1000

A rarity here in Scotland, the sun, not the bird It has been non stop rain for days, and to be raining all weekend aswell.

Thanks for having a look

Will

[Randy Stout]

Will:

The lighting is very nice indeed, like the slightly tousled hairdo, catchlight, bill drip.

I rather like the tiny flowers popping up, the darker debris, not so much.

In this situation, since the bird was parallel to you, if you had time, I would have tried a few frames wide open to reduce the impact of the debris a bit more. Easy for me to say in retrospect, and I don't always remember to do it myself in similar circumstances, but I do often shoot a series at different f/stops of the same subject to look for the best result.

Cheers

Randy

[Karl Egressy]

Beautiful light on this little one, Will. The pond has just the right amount of vegetation to make the setting nice.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Oh yest I like this one Will, the light and the setting looks beautiful. I don't know if you have a little more space on the left if so I would add just a bit.

[keith mitchell]

Real cute one Will, love the light and colour.

Keith.

[John Robinson]

Just a very pleasing picture Will.
John