Mute Swan Portrait

[denise ippolito]

Canon 40D
500mm
ISO 160
1/640 sec. at f/7.1
Tripod

I liked the squinted eye

[Doug Brown]

You really nailed the exposure and sharpness Denise! Very pretty.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I agree, excellent exposure. Composition-wise I'm wishing to see more of the neck...feels like it's cut too short. I still like it though, and I too like the squinted eye :-)

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great exposure control, details and the squinted eye adds interest. It might work as vertical crop, too.

[Beth Goffe]

I like this guy's expression. It looks like he's got something on his mind. Pretty light, too. I agree with Axel in that a vertical might work well if you have more neck to include.

[Stu Bowie]

Pin, pin sharp Denise, and those whites are perfectly exposed. Superb image.

[denise ippolito]

Sorry no extra room -this is pretty much how I shot it. I probably should have done a vertical in camera but hind sight you know!

[Ramon M. Casares]

Love it, I like the tight feel here, the light is simply wonderull, the exposure is right on and the comp, detail, colors and BG are stunning. Congratualitons Denise.

[denise ippolito]

Ramon, Thankyou for your kind words

[Ilija Dukovski]

Very nice look and character on this bird,

I like it !

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Exposure is super Denise! Lovely details and the comp is perfect for my taste. :)