Ducklings

[BenBotha]

Canon 7D
ISO 400
Canon 500 F4 L with 1.4
1/400
F8

[Arthur Morris]

What species? Where? Nice calm water. Sharp. One perfect head angle--the rear bird. One OK head angle--the front bird. One poor head angle--the middle bird. Note how the head angle determines how the light strikes the bird's faces....

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice reflections and good composition. A few small spots (dust?) could be removed. As Artie points out, this is a good example of how light vs HA affects the image.

[BenBotha]

Thanks for the comments. None of the 12 shots had perfect head positions, this was the best of the lot. They refused to cooperate.

Ben

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks for the comments. None of the 12 shots had perfect head positions, this was the best of the lot. They refused to cooperate.

Ben

YAW. The important thing is that you are aware of head angle while you are in the field and considering when to press the shutter button. Furthermore, with three subjects it sometimes pays to hold the shutter button down once the birds are in sun angle as it is hard to see all three heads at once. Then, if you are OK with it, you can always grab a head or two from this frame or that and create a nice composite. Just let folks know what you have done and label it as a composite.