Swan in Snow +1

Gallery: AvianPosted December 12, 20131,558 views13 comments

Lightly snowing, Mute Swan in its habitat. Nikon D800 with 500mm f4 lens. ISO 320, F6.3, Shutter 1/250, tripod. Thanks for looking critique and comments appreciated. Ray

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13 comments

Comment posted by Keith Bauer on December 12, 2013 at 9:02 AM

A very serene, calming shot. I like the placement of the swan. The foreground reflections tell the story of what's going on above. Very nice image.

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Comment posted by Ronald Murphy on December 12, 2013 at 9:49 AM

I do like the distorted reflections, but I also would like to see an image more closely-cropped on the swan.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on December 12, 2013 at 10:27 AM

Very calm atmosphere you captured here ! Like it a lot ! Hans

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on December 12, 2013 at 11:50 AM

Ray I like this ,I did wonder how it would look with some of the bottom but of course that would loose some of that nice cold looking water, its a very good looking image as posted ,very calming.

Keith.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on December 12, 2013 at 12:12 PM

Very nice Ray! I agree with some of the others, this has an excellent calming effect/mood.
Love the overall impression your original comp gives, beautiful work

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on December 12, 2013 at 12:48 PM

A wonderfully tranquil image Ray. I would be inclined to crop up from the bottom as Keith suggests, but
I find this comp works as posted. Nice work.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on December 12, 2013 at 4:57 PM

Sweet image, Ray. I'm a bit torn on this one. In the smaller image, I love all that water with the neat vertical reflections in the foreground, but when I opened the larger image it felt like it was a bit too much, so I might be tempted to take just a touch off the bottom, but it's a gorgeous winter scene and very well captured.

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Comment posted by John Robinson on December 12, 2013 at 6:20 PM

Grand shot anyway. Looking at the biggie- a pano crop looks quite interesting.
JR

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on December 12, 2013 at 6:42 PM

Thanks all for the comments and critiques, here it is with a some off the bottom. I worked briefly in advertising in the 70's, I suppose I have so much on the bottom of the original so there would be space for copy.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on December 12, 2013 at 7:18 PM

I think the re-post is slightly better for general viewing, but I really like your original post for it's artistic feel. Love those reflections.

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Comment posted by Max Waugh on December 12, 2013 at 8:32 PM

I'm leaning slightly toward the original. I like the fact that the the swan is more off-center. Love the foreground reflection and I see no problem in keeping more of it in the frame.

Max

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Comment posted by Robert Bunch on December 14, 2013 at 10:18 AM

Not sure which one I like best. They are both excellent shots. I expect it was nice experience making this shot.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on December 17, 2013 at 12:52 AM

Beautiful Ray

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