Sitting for a portrait

[Ian Cassell]

Canon 7D
Canon EF400mm f/5.6L

1/640sec f/6.3 ISO 320

S/H and Sharpening in CS5

[Ben_Sadd]

Definitely a different perspective. What type of goose is it? Good detail in those matted neck feathers.

The background looks a quite grainy for that ISO, so I will ask about the crop again :)

I would not mind any crop being a bit looser around the sides.

I touch more dof would have also got the very tip of the beak sharp too.

[Julie Kenward]

Ian, that is adorable! I do think you got a nice head-on angle. I am pretty sure you've got a blue cast in the whites of the image, though. Agree with Ben that a bit more DOF (or moving the point of focus slightly towards you) would have made the edge of the beak sharper. I think a bit of selective sharpening might tone that right up, though.

Thanks for the smile...I loved this one!

[annmpacheco]

Love it, and the texture of the neck feathers are wonderful. Great portrait shot. What kind of goose do you have here? TFS Ann