Theme : Spurwinged Goose

[Pieter de Waal]

Female Spurwinged Goose, the largest of our Goose/Duck species.

50D/EF500f4 1/80@f7.1 iso400 Beanbag on ground FF

C&C allways welcome.

[Randy Stout]

Pieter:

Sure fits the theme. Excellent sharpness, feather detail, really nice eye.

For my tastes it could go a bit brighter.

BG color complimentary

Cheers

Randy

[Clemens Vanderwerf]

Like the feather detail on the back and the eye. Sharp with 1/80, well done.

[Charles Scheffold]

Great pose! Love the complimentary background. I'd definitely go brighter though.

thanks
Charles

[Daniel Cadieux]

Good incoming pose, and sharp considering subject movement at that SS. You could go a tad brighter, and I would see if warming up the WB a bit would improve overall colours.

[Pieter de Waal]

Thank you for your comments and feedback. Much appreciated.

Here is the reworked image a little lighter and applied some warming filter.

[Pieter de Waal]

Apologies seem to have uploaded the same image, anyway the reworked image is an improvement and I won't do another upload. Thanks for your help.

[Charles Scheffold]

I'd like to see the repost if possible :)

thanks
Charles

[Pieter de Waal]

No problem Charles , I'd be interested in your comments.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Pieter, your repost does work so much better, it has brought out the colours on the feathers nicely. IMHO, I would have just lightened the spurwing and left the BG as the original. Great low perspective capture BTW.

[Charles Scheffold]

I agree with Stuart - the repost definitely works better for me as well. The bill and feather details really stand out now.

thanks
Charles

[Chris Kotze]

Super angle, colours and detail.

[Pieter de Waal]

Thanks Stuart, Charles and Chris. Stuart good point about the BG.

[James Salywoda]

Awesome shot Pieter really nicely done I like the pose captured a low angle.

[Pieter de Waal]

Thank you James, much appreciated.

[Art Kornienko]

Depends on the mood you are trying to create with this shot, orignal and repost are both nice. As Clemens noted, sure is sharp for 1/80 and great to have beanbag.