This mute swan was imaged at the local bird sanctuary. It makes me cold just to look at it. He had just popped out of the water and was splashing about on the ice.
D700 600mm f/6.3 1/800s ISO 800 Beamer on SB800 +.3 EC Manual Exposure Gitzo
Post: CS5 curves, selective sharpening, full frame.
The soft light allowed nice detail in the feathers, and the flash helped fill in a bit.
Another good swan shot Randy with the wings out giving it that extra interest. I reckon you could lighten the shadows a little without losing anything elsewhere and giving it a bit of a lift.
Hey Randy, looks like you are getting your monies worth with these swans. Beautiful subjects to capture all sorts of poses, and you have nailed the exposure nicely here. Overall sharp, and I like the separation between the white of the swan, and the grey BG. Well done.
Lovely detail in the whites here Randy, particularly the wings. Agree with Stuart the Swan stands out nicely from the background. Like the subtle flash management looks very natural.( I still have to experiment with flash )
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