Flying Swan

[Rene' Villela]

Good evening!

I got this swan. Uhmm! I think it is too soft, besides that I am kinda happy with it. What do you guys think?

Thanks for your inputs! Cheers!

Nikon D300 - AF-S 300 f/4, AP wide open, 1/400 sec, ISO 200

PS. I miss the thumbnails on the cover page! Will they be back?

[Doug Brown]

Thumbnails should be back; we're having some technical issues right now. Like the way the bird stands out against the dark BG; nice job holding the whites. The bird looks slightly oversharpened to me, and I might crop a bit off the bottom of the frame. When photographing flight, I try for faster shutter speeds than 1/400; in this case I would have pushed my ISO to 400 or 800.

[Aidan Briggs]

Nice pose and good job on the whites. I would also crop some off the bottom, and maybe blur the BG a bit.

[Rene' Villela]

Doug, Aidan.... Uhmm! i hear you! I will crop the bottom right where the green ends.

Oversharpened? He!He! Maybe, coz I was thinking it was too soft and I kept increasing it!

Thumbnails! Ah! good news then! I was afraid they were just gone! I keep forgetting what shots I already saw. Thank you guys!

[Rene' Villela]

Aidan.... I forgot! I don't know how to blur the BG!