Whenever I see a new species one of my goals is to get close and create a tight head portrait. With the Whooper Swans at Lake Kusharo, Japan, doing that was easy. I created some very similar to this one with the 300 f/2.8 L IS II and a 1.4X III TC.
This one was created with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1/3 stop (in the soft early morning light): 1/1250 sec. at f/9. I stopped down a bit as I was close the the minimum focusing distance of the lens.
Don't be shy; all honest comments welcome.
ps: You can see a variety of Whooper Swan images and learn a ton by clicking here.







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