New family

Gallery: AvianPosted June 21, 20171,285 views7 comments

A new family of Swans from the same nesting pair of Swan’s I photographed at Hammonasset Beach State Park,CT last year. This shot was taken from a tripod and cropped by 10% into a 16 by 9. I used Lighttroom to adjust the exposure, contrast, highlights and blacks.
Camera Model Canon EOS 7D Mark II, Shooting Date/Time 06/13/17 08:22:56
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE, Tv(Shutter Speed) 1/2500
Av(Aperture Value) 7.1, Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation -2/3, ISO Speed 400
Lens TAMRON SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD A011
Focal Length 428.0mm, Image Quality RAW.
Thanks for stopping by.
Peter

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Gary Minish on June 22, 2017 at 12:54 AM

Excellent close-up of these little Cygnets, Peter! Focus, exposure and color are all perfect. You can see all of the fine details in their fuzzy little feathers when viewing the large version. The background isn't very pretty but who cares when you have two little adorable swans to look at enlightened

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Comment posted by John Robinson on June 22, 2017 at 8:07 AM

Good whites and great texture..
Always attractive subjects
JohnR

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Comment posted by Stephen Kaluski on June 22, 2017 at 10:11 AM

Hi Peter, nice to see some new arrivals for this year.

Looking at the larger version I would guess you could open the Exposure up by another 2/3rds of a stop. You could also afford to tweak both the Highlights & Whites to bring a bit more 'pop & separation' to the subjects, as presented it looks a bit dark. I might even go a tad warmer and add a smiggen of saturation, but drop the Blue, although just a personal though. Depending on far you want to go, but a Channels Curves adjustment on the LH signet would bring some more depth & detail to the lovely soft plumage IMHO. The two white ripples at the foot could go too?

Nice to see something different.

TFS
Steve

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Comment posted by Peter J. Morrissey on June 22, 2017 at 1:07 PM

Thanks for the comments.
I have reposted the shot with more clarity, saturation and exposure.
Peter

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Comment posted by Stephen Kaluski on June 22, 2017 at 1:39 PM

Now that looks better, WDYT??? devil

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 22, 2017 at 11:14 PM

Nice, Peter. The repost does pop a little more. Very good detail.

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Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on June 23, 2017 at 4:19 PM

A very nice look at these Cygnets, Peter. You did a nice job with detail in those Downy feathers. Good job getting them both in focus.I like that you were able to capture two different plumage colors. A very nice image!!

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