Trumpeter swans during winter

[D. Robert Franz]

Had this flock of trumpeter swans along the Madison River last winter on my photo tour early one morning. Stopped down for DOF and was happy that the one swan decided to flap and provide an extra element to the image..

Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Copyright: D. Robert & Lorri Franz
Shutter speed: 1/2000 sec
Aperture: 10
Exposure mode: Av
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 640
Lens: EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM

[Randy Stout]

Robert:

I am quite fond of trumpeters, and spend a fair amount of time with a bunch of them at the local bird sanctuary. Great characters!

The flap is good, and the one juvi ," protected" in the midst of the adults.

The cool tones of the image reinforce the cold weather.

Just from personal taste, I would consider cropping about 1/3 of the snow off the top.

Cheers

Randy

[William Dickson]

Lovely blues on the water. Great that you got good HA's on all the birds. Agree with Randy about cropping some from the top.

Will

[Jonathan Ashton]

Beautiful shot very elegant. Happy with the crop as is but I do appreciate the top 3-4cm is really adding.