Another high key shot from the same morning as the White-faced Heron shot.
The swans were feeding on the weed on the bottom doing full tail up dives so feathers were all wet.
Canon EOS R5 RF 100-500 @ 500 HH
1/320 f7.1 iso 16000
ACR NR PS2023 crop sharpen
Hi Colin ... I somehow like the concept with the high key .
As presented I think the IQ has suffered , maybe down to the slow SS and the shadow lifting as this was resulting in noise in the darker tones .
Maybe another try with more gentle approach of tones .
I love the imagination and concept, but the IQ just isn't there; the bird isn't sharp and the feather details have been muddied by noise. It's a bummer because the thrown wings and splayed primaries would be gorgeous under different capture circumstances.
Thanks for your thoughts. Typo Andreas, SS was 1/3200.
Disappointing, I thought the wet feathers might have contributed to loss of sharpness.
The location is only 5 min from home so will have another go.