Swans in snow and fog

[D. Robert Franz]

Just back from my "Winter in Yellowstone" Tour. We founds about 50 trumpeter swans in the Hayden Valley and some took off right by us giving us a nice opportunity. It was foggy and snowing lightly.

Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D X
Copyright: D. Robert Franz
Shutter speed: 1/3200 sec
Aperture: 5.6
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: +1 2/3
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 640
Lens: EF800mm f/5.6L IS USM

[Randy Stout]

Nice formation, with only mild overlap. Like the varied wing positions and framing.

I would be tempted to remove the grey area lower left, as it is so indistinct to not add for me.

Cheers

Randy

[gail bisson]

The grey "blob" in LLC immediately caught my eye and I would clone that out in a New York minute!
I think the image could go brighter overall.
The formation is nice although, in a perfect world, there would be more separation between swan # 4 and 5.
Gail

[Daniel Cadieux]

I love the look and feel of the image. The darker bills and feet, combined with the underwing colour, offer very neat patterns. Yes to removing the greyish spot in LLC.

[D. Robert Franz]

Thanks everyone for the comments. Yes I can easily remove the OOF sagebrush.. Just pretty much showing as shot as I do with most of my images.... That would improve it overall and I will do that.