Theme- Gosling

[Neil Nourse]

A couple Canada pairs nest on a local pond each year. They get fairly used to people so you can get quite close.
Mark3, 700mm, f9 @1/250 ISO 400 Background noise reduction,smart sharpen on gosling, slight vignetting in LR.

C&C Welcomed, TFL Neil

[Eric Diller]

Beautiful capture...details are spot on!

[Brendan Dozier]

Wow, beautiful portrait and the detail is just outstanding! Great BG, I might clone out grass blade behind head, but very nicely done Neil!

[Danny J Brown]

That is one gorgeous photograph! We'll be covered up with these little guys in a few months at the conservation area where I work and I'm now inspired to go after them again.

DB

[dankearl]

What a wonderful photo.
I would not change a thing.
I think the grass adds to the photo, I would not remove anything.

[Troy Lim]

I agree with Brendan in this case...the grass behind the head distracts...my eyes keep focusing on that.

[James Salywoda]

Beautiful composition Neil an excellent shot.

[Dumay de Boulle]

good detail and very clean BG!

[Pieter de Waal]

Beautiful image Neil, lovely soft light and stunning detail. I would also consider removing the grass blade behind the head.

[Neil Nourse]

I was thinking about cloning out the blade of grass but wanted to see what comments I got. I personally think it's an improvement.
My PP skills are limited, but hopefully improving.

Thanks again for looking.

Neil

[Richard Dubiel]

Super sharp detail Neil. I don't find the blade of grass too distracting; I was immediately drawn to its eye as the focal point, and found I didn't tend to wander off.