Lazy Me!!!

[Doug Brown]

Here's a Bosque Snow Goose coming in for a landing from a couple of weeks ago. The bird more or less filled the frame. I was too lazy to add canvas, so I thought I'd go with a tighter crop for a change. Does this work for you?



Canon 1D Mark IV, 600mm, f/7.1, 1/2500, ISO 400, manual exposure, hand held

[Norm Dulak]

Hi Doug.

It works very well for me. I like the head peaking out from those beautiful wings.

[Randy Stout]

Doug:

The basic concept works for me. Wish there was a sliver more room below, and a smidge on top.

I like the repeating lines of the wings, the birds angle towards us, nice eye, and background.

Cheers

Randy

[Doug Brown]

Wish there was a sliver more room below, and a smidge on top.

Good suggestion Randy. I could pull that off if I went with a 5x7 crop rather than 4x6. Maybe I'll repost later this morning.

[Randy Stout]

Doug:

For me, the near wing is so big in the frame and visually dominant, that a little more room below as I suggested should balance the image a bit more. That was the reason for the suggestion.

Cheers

Randy

[Andrew Merwin]

It works for me. I like it as posted.

[Sachin Saraf]

Wow!! It's good to see a different image...Wonderful eye contact...I agree with Randy about adding slight canvas to balance the image..TFS

[Doug Brown]

I tried to be lazy but Randy had a good point, so I went back to the drawing board. Here's a 5x7 version, which I must say I like better.

[Stu Bowie]

Super close up Doug, and I like the different colours on the outer wing. Great eye, and your repost does work better.

[Tom Rambaut]

I like this sort of thing - a bit abstract and I know not to everyones taste. Repost looks better. I like the transition from white to black in the wing feathers.Feathers look in tip top condition.

[Neil Nourse]

Perfect timing Doug.

Repost was worth the effort..

TFS Neil

[Kiran Poonacha]

Nicely done Doug Bhai, Artistic one. the focus makes this work well.

[Greg Basco]

Doug, if you were really a good bird-in-flight photographer, you would have taken three more shots to stitch together a full-body image.

Cheers,
Greg

[Doug Brown]

Thanks for the comments everyone!