Theme: Snow runner - Trumpeter swan on the run

[Randy Stout]

This trumpeter swan was imaged this am at the local bird sanctuary. Free ranging bird, but he comes to it with his buddies to hang out during the day, leaving at night for open water.

D4 500mm AFS f/7.1 1/4000s ISO 640 manual exposure, hand held

Post: Slight rotation to level, added a bit of canvas on left, selective sharpening.

I liked the sense of action, clear view of the big feet, and shadow on the far wing.

Advice and comments always appreciated.

Cheers

Randy

[Bill Dix]

Beautifully exposed. Great position of wings and feet. I love the levitation that almost makes this heavy bird seem to float.

[David Cowling]

This bird is Tripping the Light Fantastic. Great handling of the exposure, whites perfectly exposed. I love the way that both feet are off the ice.

[Diane Miller]

Big smile here! Love the splash trailing behind and the shadow extending out front. It gives him (her?) a nice base.

[supreet.sahoo]

Nice image and the exposure seems to be good, i like the action in the image too. Could this image take some more sharpening would be my question.

[Karl Egressy]

Good title and nice action captured here, Randy. Exposure looks good, maybe a little less canvas on the right.

[adrian dancy]

An altogether superb image. I like white on pale.

[keith mitchell]

Randy think the fact that you have an immature bird with darker feathers in places makes this really stand out, the whole scene is superb.

Keith.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Randy , i really love this one .
Nice pose and good starting action of the bird . Well handled exp and overall lovely color and tone .
If you have a bit more space on LHS i would go for a more pano crop .

TFS Andreas

[Norm Dulak]

Great exposure, sharpness, composition and action. Well done.

[Satish Ranadive]

Gorgeous image. love the frame, Randy Sir.

Regards,
satish.

[Randy Stout]

Thanks everyone for the comments. I did consider recropping with some more off the right, and adding more to the left, and will do a version that way.

Interesting comment Supreet about the sharpness. It appears sharp enough for my taste, but it would be easy to give it a bit more. I appreciate your thoughts.

Cheers

Randy

[Marina Scarr]

This is one heck of an image, Randy. Love the running action. Do you have any more space behind the bird? YOu may wish to consider a crop from the left and more space behind.

[Randy Stout]

Marina:

Thanks for the comments: No more space to right. Actually added canvas to left.

Randy