I wish the wings were either all the way up, or down, tends to be more dramatic than the intermediate positions. You are showing pretty good detail under the near wing. Drops of water a plus. Soft background. Might consider toning down the mass on bottom just a bit.
From a comp. standpoint, a bit tight for my tastes, but most will be happy with it I suspect. I would prefer a bit more in front (not because its too centered, its not, just for a bit more room to fly into.)
I'm stunned by the sharpness and detail throughout the bird; eyes to feet. I agree with more room ahead of bird but, all in all, thats a nit. I learned a lesson. From now on, I'm doing all my flight photog stopped down instead of the 5.6/8 range I normally work in. Well done.
f/10 certainly is not the sharpest f/stop for this lens. Most of the big guns are optimized for wide open and start to drop off significantly at smaller apertures. Most folks shoot wide open, or perhaps one or two stops down at most, unless they absolutely need the last bit of DOF and are willing to trade absolute resolution for DOF. Nicholas had lots of light here, so could get away with that f/stop and SS from an exposure standpoint, but it still isn't the optimum f/stop for sharpness.
Very nice photo Nicolas. Lots of good points already raised. I really like the feel to the photo with the stretched out look to the bird and the ha and eye contact. Well done. Good to know this is a young Snow Goose. They are milling around our area now, and I'll keep and eye out for the young ones. Dave
Thanks for the help, Randy. I wasn't aware of the sharpness fall off with big lens. You got to admit, Nicolas' image is much better for the DOF. Sounds (and looks) like Nicolas new that he was making a tradeoff. I'm a wiser man for your comment. Thanks
Young Snow Goose
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