Adult Trumpeter Swan

[Terry Olmsted]

Taken on 01-10-2010 at Shadow Lake near Snohomish Washington
Lighting was filtered sun.
Canon 40D 400mm f5.6L 1/2000s partial metering ISO 500 one-shot AF neat image filtered

[Stephen Stephen]

Terry I like the eye contact and the exposure of the whites on this bird.

I might wish for a bit more space for the bird to fly into. I would also consider cropping some from the top to just below the OOF diagonal branch in the upper left corner.

Still a very nice image.

[Terry Olmsted]

Thanks very much, Stephen for your suggestions and critique. I agree with you on the OOF branch - I'll fix that. On the composition part, I always struggle with just how much room to leave for the bird to fly into.

[Dan Busby]

I agree with the space on right idea. I too struggle with this!

[Tony Whitehead]

Good exposure and the bird looks great against the BG. I agree with cropping from above - I would try a crop to put the head on the upper 1/3 and add canvas to the right to put it on the right 1/3 (pano comp with the head on the intersection of upper and right thirds) as a starting point.

[Mark Adkins]

I like the exposure and pose. Whites look good. I find the upper left whites in the BG to be a little distracting. Agree with more room right

Mark

[Terry Olmsted]

Thanks very much, Dan and Tony. Tony, here is a revised composition. See what you think.

Thanks for taking the time to comment!

[Terry Olmsted]

And thanks to you also, Mark :)

[Stu Bowie]

Terry, good exposure on the whites, and I like the flight angle. The swan stands out nicely against the darker BG. Your repost works well. Well done.

[Paul Kusmin]

re-post works much better, great pose and light, can't add much to what has already been said.

[Terry Olmsted]

Thanks very much, Stuart and Paul. I appreciate the feedback!

[Todd Frost]

Very well done Terry. Great exposure and sharpness looks good. Repost is even better. I might tone down the catchlight slightly. Very well done. TFS
Todd

[Terry Olmsted]

Thanks, Todd :)