Canon 1d Mark III
1/1000 sec at f/7.1
ISO 400 EF 500mm Lens
Manual Mode
Hand Held
Jamaica Bay NY
Mute Swan Immature
Canon 1d Mark III
1/1000 sec at f/7.1
ISO 400 EF 500mm Lens
Manual Mode
Hand Held
Jamaica Bay NY
Sharp, beautiful water colors, nice pose, subtle side light. I would tone down the brightest diagonal reed on the left.
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To add to Artie's comments, I find the OOF reeds distracting. Perhaps a bit of blur would put this image over the top.
Here is the re post with the reed toned down.
Last edited by Michael Zajac; 08-29-2010 at 07:11 AM.
Love the repost, great suggestion!
The repost is an improvement of an image that I like. The mood of the scene is quite pleasant and sharpness, light and saturation very good.
Michael, good low perspective, and the angle and pose really makes this work. I do like the light and overall colours too.
Lovely for all the reason stated above. I also like the repost. I would like to add one observation. To my eye the image appears to need a little clockwise rotation. If I use the ruler tool in photoshop and draw a line from the tip of the bill to the same spot on the reflection and go to image/image rotation/arbitrary the result is a 3.27 degree clockwise rotation.
Michael, Good job on the light reeds. Phil, while that technique works well at times, there are times when the reflection is distorted by ripples or wave-lets and I believe that that is what happened here. If this were rotated 3+ degrees CW the bird would be swimming uphill. BTW, 3.27 degrees is a big rotation.
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Michael, Lovely colors . I like how the pose shows off the back feathers. Nicely done on the repost.
Hi Artie,Originally Posted by Arthur Morris
Your point is well taken and I stand corrected:o. I kept titling my head when viewing the image and convinced myself that some rotation was is order:confused:. My wife often tells me I have a skewed view of things:). This must be the case here. Thanks for correcting me and I hope I haven't confused anyone.
Are you sure this is mute swan? seems not to me...
It is very much a young Mute Swan :)
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