Snow Goose landing

[Per-Gunnar Ostby]

From a recent trip to Bosque - on only one day did we get perfect light and wind to capture snow geese landing and for me this was the best of the bunch.

I chose to get rid of some of the out of focus birds but left two as I rather like it for balance

1D Mk3
600 f4 + 1.4x
ISO 250
Manual
1/800s at f8
Full frame

[Don Lacy]

Very nice pose and i like the placement in the frame but I think would add a little more canvas to the bottom. I also would clone out the other birds there so OOF you spend to much time trying to figure them out rather then enjoying the main subject.

[Doug Brown]

The goose looks great from an exposure and sharpness standpoint. You might have been able to expose slightly further to the right to get more detail in the blacks. I would move the bird higher in the frame since it is a landing pose. I would also remove the OOF birds; my eye is drawn to them.

[Rene Quenneville]

Great pose and sharpness. Beautiful image. I support Doug's points.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Love the great action and excellent exposure in this image and I do agree that moving it higher in the frame and removing the OOF birds would strengthen this image. Many thanks for sharing.

[Per-Gunnar Ostby]

Thanks for the comments. How is this?

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the landing pose and would have dialed in positive EC. With the Mark III you can easily go to ISO 400 without adding much noise and you would have a higher shutter speed. I agree regarding adding canvas at the bottom and removing the OOF birds.

P.S. We posted at the same time. The repost is a big improvement! I might lighten the shadow of the neck more.

[Don Lacy]

Repost is much better.

[Tony Whitehead]

Repost is a great improvement - well done.

[Jonathan Michael Ashton]

Terrific re post shot, wouldn't change anything

Jon