# Snow Goose Portrait

**URL:** <https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/snow-goose-portrait/18633>\
**Category:** Image Critiques\
**Tags:** birds\
**Created:** [December 13, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/snow-goose-portrait/18633 "2020-12-13T01:33:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![David\_Schoen](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/david_schoen/32/368_2.png) [@David\_Schoen](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/David_Schoen)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/snow-goose-portrait/18633/1 "2020-12-13T01:33:13Z")

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![snow-goose-2-copy](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/6/7/675352b49fe0d6be20ae429fba24bd8684cd7594.jpeg)

### Description:

### Specific Feedback Requested:

### Pertinent technical details or techniques: iso 320, 400 plus 2x, f7.1, 1600th, A7R4, handheld, full frame, no noise reduction , no crop, no sharpening added.

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**Author:** ![Dan\_Kearl](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dan_kearl/32/6715_2.png) [@Dan\_Kearl](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dan_Kearl)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 1:42am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/snow-goose-portrait/18633/2 "2020-12-13T01:42:13Z")

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Full frame with those pixels could have some fun crops… A square of the eyeball and beak could look good…  
I would erase as many highlights as possible.

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**Author:** ![David\_Leroy](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@David\_Leroy](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/David_Leroy)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/snow-goose-portrait/18633/3 "2020-12-13T22:12:04Z")

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A nice tight portrait. I like how you lined up the tip of the beak with the bg highlight. I like Dan’s idea of a erasing the highlights. And maybe a bit of sharpening??

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**Author:** ![Dennis\_Plank](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dennis_plank/32/27033_2.png) [@Dennis\_Plank](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dennis_Plank)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 2:01am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/snow-goose-portrait/18633/4 "2020-12-14T02:01:15Z")

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Lots of cool detail in this image, David. The highlights don’t bother me.

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**Author:** ![Allen\_Brooks](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/allen_brooks/32/390_2.png) [@Allen\_Brooks](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Allen_Brooks)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 6:06am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/snow-goose-portrait/18633/5 "2020-12-15T06:06:56Z")

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A nice detailed look at the head of a snow goose-really shows off the “grin patch”. I could see toning down the highlighted area around the tip of the beak, but otherwise I like the background.