In-flight Canada Goose

[Jeff Dyck]

Here's an outgoing Canada Goose at Gilbert Water Ranch (Arizona). I'd have preferred a little more room for the bird in the frame, but it went by very close and what you see is a only a slight crop from the top and the right.

Canon 7D -- Canon 400mm f/5.6L -- 1/1600s @ f/5.6 -- ISO400 -- 0EV

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Jeff,
You 've got great details in the CG and the sharpness loks pretty good to me too. If you are ok with such things......darkening the BG a few points will really take this up a notch. Not too much as you don't wan tthe goose to merge with the BG.....but just a bit to make the light just a touch softer. Nice pose capture...one of my favorites as it show off the wings nicely!

[Art Kornienko]

Details and sense of movement are very intense Jeff, great angle and just an all around beautiful picture.

[Raymond Barlow]

killer shot bud, I just added a titch of contrast, and some sharpening, (maybe too much), as I am working off a basic laptop.

also, maybe a bit warm?

[Tom Redd]

Great shot, always love the downbeat wings. Very sharp. As far as Roman's comments, would darkening the background help or would lightening the background be better??? Just curious.

[Gary Esman]

Hi Jeff, very nice shot. Sharp, exposure looks good, fantastic wing down position. Maybe a little tight in the frame but still looks real nice.

Gary.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Jeff, a real 3D effect in this, and separated from the BG nicely. Sharp where it counts, and overall well exposed.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Great pose, and in this case I don't mind the tighter crop. I like the faint hint of habitat. I thgought the sharpness was good on the OP, but I like the contrast boost of the repost - especially along the gooses's back.

[Doug Brown]

Great eye contact and wing position. Nice job with the exposure. The repost takes this frame up a notch IMO.