Canada Geese

[Kerry Perkins]

I haven't seen many of this type of image posted, so I thought I would put my toe in the water and see what you think. Capture was made in late afternoon in December and there was precious little light. I like the muted color range, but not sure if the background works with all the heads cut by the road. I was squatting in the middle of about 75 of these birds.

Cropped a bunch off of the bottom, did a NN pass and some USM.

50D, EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS + 1.4x @ 98mm
Aperture priority, f/5.6@1/160, evaluative metering EC -2/3 ISO 800
One-shot autofocus, HH no flash

[Lance Peters]

Hi Kerry - like were you were heading - exposure looks good. Might crop it more pano style - would mean having to remove the tree.

RHS you have headless birds - which is a little distracting. I think this maybe a AL quote (In relation to things in your shot/photo)

"If its worth including - its worth including ALL of it"

Keep em coming :)

[Nonda Surratt]

Been wanting to give and image like this a go, not easy, and I do like it!. Agree with Lance on the techs

[Alfred Forns]

..... and that came from Artie :)

btw does look a lot better with clean edges meaning no partial birds !!! Evicting several birds would make a stronger image. I would first try to do it in camera but there is always the post processing !!!

I like the image a lot and also like seeing the larger picture, we sometimes get caught up in single subjects !!!

[Jackie Schuknecht]

I like the shot Kerry. The one thing I like is the goose going the other way. If you had had more separation between the rest of the flock and no geese cut on the right, I think it would have made for an even stronger image.

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Kerry,
I like what you were trying to do here...agree with Mr. Peters' assessment...looking forward to your next one...:cool:

[denise ippolito]

Kerry, I like this alot! Agree w/ partial bids being evicted-but I love the trees and their colors-has a real painted feel!!