Spring Reflections

[Jeffrey Smigielski]

Caught about a half hour of sun on my lunch hour today at park. I saw this while driving through and managed to sneek down a couple hundred yards to get this shot. No crop and did try and set up composition. White balance is as shot...just a little sharpening. CC welcomed.

D90
Nikon 300 f/4 with 1.4x TC
1/4000s at F/5.6
ISO 200

[Ray Rozema]

Exposure looks good. Nice pose. I would favor a crop off top and off the left to uncenter the bird. This will also make the bird more prominent.

Ray

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Ray Agree on the crop suggestion, we always want to have a little more room in the direction the bird is looking !! ....btw sure wish that bird was at the edge of the water so you could shoot the reflection only .. tames the contrast and looks special !!!

PS wise might lighten the face area of the bird !!

[Lance Peters]

Hi Jeff - AL has it nailed - excellent comments and fully agree.
Looking forward to seeing more :)