Two Geese on Pond

[Julie Brown]

From a Sunday morning visit to a local suburban nature preserve's small wetland area.

Canon 5D MK II, 300mm f4L IS + 1.4X TC, f5.6 @ 1/1250sec, ISO 1000, +2/3 EV, pattern metering, HH

PP: Lightroom 2.6
about 1/3 crop, WB Daylight
set black and white points, highlight recovery
enhanced clarity and vibrance, tweaked tone curve
Nik Software: Dfine 2.0, Viveza 2.0, ColorEfex Pro 3.0, Sharpener Pro

Comments and Critiques welcome!

[Lance Peters]

Hi Julie - like the overall scene - nice muted colours - a little too much foreground for my personal tastes - might crop some from the bottom to give it more of a pano feel. IMHO as presented just feels a little tight at the top.
TFS

[Dave Mills]

Hi Julie, agree with Lance's suggestion regarding a pano crop. Serene image...

[Bob Miller]

Hi Julie....Nice image ...I agree with taking a bit off the bottom....balances more and to me does not look so tight at the top

[Julie Brown]

Thank you Lance, Dave, and Bob for the comments. :)

I cropped it tighter at the top because I thought the band of brown vegetation above the water was distracting. Here is the repost with more of a pano crop.