Whooper Swans + REPOST!

Just a pair of Whooper Swans i came across the other day..

greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Canon Eos 1D Mark3
Shutter speed: 1/400 sec
Aperture: F 4.5
Exposure mode: AV
Exposure compensation: - 1
Flash:no
Flash exposure compensation:
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: AI Servo
ISO: 200
Lens: Canon 600mm F4
Focal length:780 mm
AF mode: Auto Focus
On tripod and Wimberley Head
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja/Home stewed Sharpening-mix
Bibble Pro / Adobe Photoshop CS5

This is a lovely capture, Jeroen. I might have been tempted to cut a little more off the reflection to make it clear that I had decided not to include all of it. The dark background complements the subject beautifully, but I think I can detect a faint bluish colour cast in the subjects. Can others see it?

David

There does appear to be a slight cast but apart from that I'm afraid this image doesn't do anything for me at all. I'm assuming its composed landcape to include the bow wave but I think it may have worked better in a portrait view with the full reflection included.

Think you guys might be right and a vertical crop would be a better option. The blue cast is slight but i see it too now so corrected that also.
Here's a new and improved version with thanks to your comments!

greetings,

Jeroen Stel

I think that is a far stronger composition Jeroen.