Tranquility

[michael]

A mute swan sleeping.

Canon 1 d mk3, Canon 300mm f2.8,

ISO 400, f6.3, f2.8.

manual, incident light metering

[Daniel Cadieux]

Interesting aleeping pose, and I'm glad you got some of the features of the face showing. A tighter crop would be nice if the details can take it - off of bottom, left, and bit on top would be my suggestion. Good job on the exposure, and I like your title too - very à propos :-)

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the serene mood, soft light and angle and agree with Daniel regarding a tighter crop.

[Ramon M. Casares]

I agree 100% with Danial on his crop suggestion. I would also suggest to tone down a TAD the whites. Nice pose, light, exppsure, detail and species. Congratulations!

[Arthur Morris]

Like the mood. The repost reflects my compositional 2 cents.

[James Shadle]

Both crops work for me.
The title is Tranquility. For me the looser, original crop feels more tranquil to me.

Then again, tranquility to me is being out in wide open spaces.

[michael]

Thank you for taking the trouble to comment, it is appreciated.

I did not crop the image (other than to marginally straighten it) as I felt the greater expanse of water added to the theme of the image. James' comment touched on this.

Thank you once again.

Michael