Mute Swans and -2 degrees!

[Stuart Hill]

Wanted to keep the cold morning misty feel, so haven't warmed this up. Out on the Marsh it was -2 degrees. Can't wait to be in Florida in a weeks time

D300 + sigma 500mm
taken at 1/800s at 5.6
ap priority -0.3ev
iso 800

Any help/critiques very much appreciated.

regards.
Stu.

[Dan Brown]

COOL shot Stuart! I really like the monotone look with just a hint of color, the contrast of the OOF misty areas and the crisp sharpness and clarity of the Swans, with their bill color standing out. I like the comp also! I might remove the whitish object in the middle of the frame on the ice near the far shore though.

[Tom Redd]

Beautiful shot Stuart. I like the feel of the fog and frost. If possible I would like a tighter crop. I think you have enough canvas to still get the overall feel and mood but cropping a bit tighter would bring the swans a bit more towards the center of the frame (not centered but just a tad more towards center). Again, very nice image.

[Levina de Ruijter]

I like the mood of this image. I agree about cloning out that bit of white there, but other than that: lovely!

[Dave Leroy]

I like it too. It has a nice frosty feel to it.

If mine I would look at some tighter crops also. I might consider a bit of a pano crop keeping birds in bottom as you have done.

The one small point is that it looks like a bit of ccw rotation is called for. Camera may have been level but any of the sort of horizontal lines in photo seem to have slight tilt to them.

Dave

[Stuart Hill]

Thanks for looking and the help. Will clone out the white object, think it's a piece of ice!

I was wondering If anyone would mention a little rotation. Yes the camera was levelled but I agree, looking at it, looks a tiny bit out.

Thanks again.
Stu.

[annmpacheco]

Wow, beautiful. I too like the frostiness. All the colors are complimentary and the swans look majestic. A tighter crop would be my vote as well. TFS Ann