Thought this would be a good Mother's Day photo. Taken last month at a small lake in our neighborhood in NE Alabama. The chicks were several days old and the mother was sheltering them from the afternoon sun. Canon 1D mk III, 100-400 @ 400, ISO 800, 1/640, f5.6
Cute, and a good Mother's Day image but lots of problems most caused by the rather harsh off-anlged light. You needed a cloudy day....
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In addition to the other comments, I would have preferred a little more depth of field in this one. The mother's head being out of focus. But understand. Not that critical, but would be nice.
Additionally, I would clone out, or greatly tone down, the tree. The OOF image, in my view, distracts from the subject due to it's brightness.
But a great shot that could easily be made very nice with some small adjustments.
Mark,
Thanks for your comments and suggestions. I went back and tried to subdue the tree trunk as well as trying better to balance the highlights and shadows on the goslings and came up with a result I am happier with.
Mother Goose
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