This sort of thing isn't my usual, and it was pushing my equipment to the limit. I had my 100-400 at 400 mm (hence at f/5.6) on my old 7D, with a 1.4x teleconverter. That meant no autofocus. I didn't think to bring a tripod, so I had it on a monopod. Needless to say, it was very hard to keep the camera still enough at that FL and aperture. C&C welcome anyway.
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22nd January 2018, 01:03 AM #1
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Canada geese during a winter thaw
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22nd January 2018, 01:24 AM #2
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re: Canada geese during a winter thaw
Nice angle of view, were you ascending a stairway when you took this?
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22nd January 2018, 01:35 AM #3
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re: Canada geese during a winter thaw
No, I was standing on the ice on the other side
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22nd January 2018, 01:44 AM #4
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re: Canada geese during a winter thaw
Nice, looks like it was shot at a low angle.
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22nd January 2018, 03:37 AM #5
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re: Canada geese during a winter thaw
Well even at maximum size your photo looks good to me! I might have put the far edge of the ice at about 1/3 from the top but really that is a minor thing. I'd be grateful to have that shot.
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22nd January 2018, 04:11 PM #6
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re: Canada geese during a winter thaw
Just a thought. You have some good reflections there but I wonder about losing a small amount at the bottom and going more panoramic; possibly something like 16 x 9. To my eye there would still be sufficient reflection and it seems to create a stronger scene?
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22nd January 2018, 08:12 PM #7
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re: Canada geese during a winter thaw
I like the way you got a mirror image of geese to go with the mirror reflection in the ice.
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23rd January 2018, 12:49 AM #8
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Re: Canada geese during a winter thaw
Thanks, all. The top placement was determined in part by my trying to give the birds enough headroom. The stuff behind them is just clutter, and even at f/10 (f/8 would have been the best I could do, given the equipment, but I wanted a little leeway for inaccurate focus), it was too much in focus. I blurred a copy and painted over that part. The a crop on the bottom: an interesting idea. I'll past one below.
In the process, I made two changes to the initial image, and I replaced the one above. First, I backed off the tonal contrast a bit, as it seemed artificial. I also removed a painting error: in dodging the second bird from the left, I had inadvertently created a white halo around the head.
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23rd January 2018, 06:50 PM #9
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Re: Canada geese during a winter thaw
That is exactly what I was thinking about, Dan.
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23rd January 2018, 06:53 PM #10
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Re: Canada geese during a winter thaw
Yep... by cutting down on the lower section it has increased the proportion of the area at, and above the level of the birds and that works for me. In any case it's a really nice image IMHO.
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23rd January 2018, 06:55 PM #11
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Re: Canada geese during a winter thaw
Like it a lot Geoff (with and without edits).
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