Nice whooping swan portrait. I find the swan is a bit dark, and the band of BG cutting through his head a bit distracting. The light was fairly harsh as well, based on dark shadows.
I took the liberty of bring up the swan a bit and reducing the luminosity of the background to hopefully rebalance the image a bit to better show off the bird. I wonder if the image doesn't need a bit of CW rotation as well, based on the angle of the far shore?
Hi Gary - like Randys repost - a improvement for sure - still a noticeable Halo underneath the beak.
Best to get the sun lined up at your back - to get even illumination on your subject and avoid nasty shadows.
Might lighten the eye a tad and agree it needs some CW.
Looking forward to more :)
Light is the issue here, notice the harsh shadows, the small aperture and fast shutter retarded the light some and fill flash (ETTL) might have been helpful.
As Lance mentioned, ensure sun is at your back. Not bad to have slight sun angle to add texture to feathers. Often you will hear photographers talk about flat light. Moreover, light coming directly over the shoulder that hits the subject directly and displays no texture. So slight angles are fine but overall, sun at your back.
Hi Gary,
I like the close up pose. Agree on the techs. concerning the background elements and the lighting...Randy's repost improves it quite well...looking forward to the next one...:cool:
As Jeff mentioned the main problem is the light Need soft light for any white bird .... flash, besides helping out with shadows would have produced a catch light !! ... would go after them again, great subjects !!!
repost looks good, but do agree with the others reference the light. late evening, early morning the best times for these! nice compo. the distant shoreline is a little bothersome as mentioned.
Whooper Swan Portrait
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