Canada goose

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

40D. 400 f/5.6. iso 400. f/7.1. 1/1000. exp. comp +2/3. almost full frame. contrast and color temp.adjustment in DPP. Light angle was not the best....but not too bad either.

All opinions welcome.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like the colours here - the BG looks very nice. Good HA. Darkening the pupil would be a good thing to do. Interesting comp...I think it works well despite so little of the body being included.

[Jim Fenton]

Love the background and pose.

Exposure looks great. Actually, rather than darkening the eye as Daniel suggested, I might try just a little curves and a bit more sharpening on it?

Also, the neck itself perhaps was behind the plane of focus (or towards the back end of it) and you might do a little selective sharpening there?

[Daniel Cadieux]

Jim, it's not whole eye I'd like to see darkened...just the pupil (including removing the lighter spot in it).

[Jim Fenton]

Aaaah....

I guess I should read more closely!

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Thx for taking the time guys. I will try that. will wait for other suggestions as well.

Daniel, I also have "just the neck and head" shot that I got after taking a few steps closer( yes...very cooperative dude) but I liked this comp with the little bit of body.

[denise ippolito]

Kaustubh, The BG colors really addto this. The head angle is nice and the image is sharp.

[Nagesh Mula]

Kaustubh, an excellent BKGR can make even common bird look amazing and thats what happened here.
Good exposure and sharpness. However I do feel a slight more inclusion of body would have made this pic from good to very good.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Here's the vertical frame I captured after moving in a few steps closer. Some might like it more.

[Kiran Poonacha]

The repost works well KD, nice HA and Bg adds well...

[Harshad Barve]

KD
Vertical frame is terrific , lovely HA , details , pose and killer BG
TFS