The Sentinel

Image Critiques Weekly Challenge
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A lone White-fronted Goose sticking it’s head up above an embankment to make sure I wasn’t up to no good. There is a hunting season on the refuges.

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What technical feedback would you like if any?

Anything. Not much editing done on this. I cropped it and cloned a number of out of focus dead stalks sticking up from the embankment.

What artistic feedback would you like if any?

Anything.

Pertinent technical details or techniques:

7DII, Sigma 150-600 C @ 600 mm, beanbag on car window, f/8, 1/640, iso 1600, manual exposure. Processed in LR & PS CC. Cropped to 4902x3240 before resizing. Taken at 3:54 pm on February 5th.

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Dennis: Love the POV here and the shallow DOF. Top notch. >=))>

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What a cool shot, Dennis. I love that you capture just the head and neck. Great portrait. Looks like he has some green grass in his beak.

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Nice capture, Dennis! I like the isolation in this with everything our of focus except for the goose! It clearly emphasizes the theme!

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The positioning of the bird’s neck and head really draws attention to it, Dennis; the reflections at the top grade the waters nicely too.

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Hi Dennis
This is a nice pov and Gary is correct in that only the goose is focus and that make the shot.
Peter Morrissey

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Love the “popped up head” look here Dennis, with everything other than the goose nicely soft.