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22nd October 2013, 02:39 PM
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Young Sygnet Black Necked Swan
In two minds whether to take out the leaves/bush to the left. Couldn't get a clear capture of the bird. Comments please, leave in or take out. I use Aperture for PP.
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22nd October 2013, 07:08 PM
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Re: Young Sygnet Black Necked Swan
Hi Dave,
I never know whether to call you Dave or Dusty?
Beautiful bird and wonderful detail. If it were my photo I would crop it in half (vertically) plus just a smidge off of the top... Which leaves just a little bit of the green reflection, and all of the beautiful bird...
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22nd October 2013, 08:58 PM
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Re: Young Sygnet Black Necked Swan
Hi Dave,
I would crop like this;
(If you'd rather I didn't post the example cropped image in your thread, let me know and I'll remove it)

That's because I don't think the reflection is contributing much - it also has an oof red thing in front of it.
In this crop, I would remove the separate green oof foliage that is nearest the cygnet, but leave the bigger bit in the corner.
I would also spot heal to reduce some of the floating detritus on the water.
Good exposure and focus, giving a lovely texture to the feathers, well done.
Hope that helps,
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23rd October 2013, 05:06 PM
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23rd October 2013, 07:16 PM
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Re: Young Sygnet Black Necked Swan
Thanks for all your views, most welcome.
Christina, as you can see from the image I have posted I have taken on board your comment about splitting vertically and cropped some of the top off and I like the image so much better. Call me Dave.
Dave I am a sucker for reflections so I have left that in but your cropping helped me a lot.
Nandakumar a very good try to give me what I wanted but on my monitor the image is a tad to dark in tone but thank you very much.
Dave.
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23rd October 2013, 10:02 PM
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Re: Young Sygnet Black Necked Swan
Hi Dave,
I think it looks wonderful and I'm glad it worked... I'm still learning to crop my own photos properly.
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