Greek goose

[John Chardine]

I recently spent a week in Crete. Local birds are very wary because hunting is still a very popular sport on the island. I was determined to bring home some bird images so has to resort to hybrid domestic/wild geese. The image was made in Georgiopoli, western Crete. The yellow BG is a painted metal structure. The luminosity of the whites in the head are running in the 90's but are not blown. Image is full frame.

Canon EOS 40D, 70-200 f4 IS, 1.4 tc = 280 mm
capture date: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 2:403 PM
exposure program: Aperture Priority
ISO speed: 640
shutter speed: 1/2000
aperture: f5.6
exposure bias: +0.0
metering: Pattern
flash: OFF - Compulsory flash mode

[Alfred Forns]

Love the close up John !!!! That is one prominent eye !!! Might move it slightly up and left

Hope you had a chance to stop by Mykonos and visit Petros !!!!

[Lana Hays]

John
Beautiful detail. Just move it out of the center. Well done.

[John Chardine]

Thanks for comments on comp. I was carried away with the full frame! Here's a crop.

[Maxis Gamez]

Extreme John!

Works very well for me!

[Gus Cobos]

Great repost John...:cool: